Day in the of...

7.15am – alarm – being the rubbish morning person that she is, it gets immediately snoozed

7.25am – alarm goes off again, and gets snoozed again, but don’t fear, she has two little 7.30am alarms about to enter the room

7.30am – with little taps to the shoulder, two cute PJ legs are the first thing she sees

7.35am – panic sets in “why didn’t I just get up at 7.15!”

7.45am – everyone is dressed and downstairs requesting different things for breakfast (including the cat) “I just want a coffee”

8.05am – everyone needs one last thing to be done with breakfast

8.15am – teeth time and wash the Weetabix off the faces

8.25am – packed lunches, snacks and water bottles are being thrown into bags

8.30am – Vicki is trying to remember what day it is (she didn’t get to drink that coffee) and work out if anything extra needs to be taken – PE kit, books, show and tell items – not today, we are all good

8.35am – you can clearly hear, “Can you please just put your shoes on?” for the 5th time coming from Vicki’s house

8.40am – lock the door and off we go

8.50am – kiss and hug goodbye at the school gates and head back home

8.55am – arrive home – warm up coffee and head to the home office to turn on laptop

9am – LOGGED IN!?Check Teams message and emails

9.10am – post on LinkedIn

9.13am – warm up coffee again

9.15am – informal team call to chat about the weekend

9.35am – time to end the team call, to indicate this and keep everyone on track, Vicki does “Jazz hands” – that is the Limitless way to indicate it is time to end the call and get on with your day

9.40am – because someone always needs to finish their story first ?? get replying to emails

10am – time to check a client tracker and create a client status report, contact participants if they are required to do anything, share completed assessment reports and help out anyone who has requested assistance

11am – make another coffee, fill up water bottle, grab a snack and throw in a load of washing

11.05am – check LinkedIn for any comments and reply

11.15am – marketing planning call with Tanya Gallagher and Gemma Oswell

11.30am – write up notes and email anything out that is required from others

12noon – LUNCH TIME – hang out the washing, check what we can have for dinner, go for a 30 minute walk in the sunshine

12.40pm – get back in the house and make a sandwich, unless she has been super prepared and made it with the kids packed lunches the day before

1pm – time to check email traffic and action / reply as required

1.10pm – check to do list and get some ticked off

1.30pm – check (a different) client tracker and complete tasks

2.30pm – LinkedIn and Marketing time – plan for the weeks and months ahead, make changes to planners and start writing content

3.45pm – make a cup of tea and hunt down any chocolate or biscuits to go with it

3.50pm – check emails

4pm – ON THE HOME STRETCH – final check of to do list, has everything for today been done??Has anything come in that needs adding?

4.45pm – Check emails and action anything that needs doing today.?Check calendar for tomorrow, add anything to be picked up tomorrow, add anything to the to do list for tomorrow

5pm – log off and head to the kitchen to prepare dinner

5.45pm – drive to collect the kids – why are they never ready? They’re picked up at the same time every week!

6pm – arrive home, pop on Netflix for them, dish out dinner for the adults – the kids have eaten at mum’s

6.30pm – clear up dinner and go and run the bath while shouting, “You only have 5 minutes left and the TV is going off.”?Partner loads dishwasher, washes up, cleans table and floor

6.45pm – plonk two children in the bath and supervise the arguments over bath space and bath toys

7pm – dry and dress kiddies back in those cute PJs

7.15pm – eldest says good night to youngest and heads downstairs

7.20pm – read the same 3 books that she reads every night and brush a tiny set of teeth

7.45pm – put the little guy in bed and hope he falls asleep quickly, even though his brother is brushing his teeth louder than a Boeing 737

8pm – sneak out of the room, check eldest is in bed, say good night, listen to stories about his day, answer 100 questions

8.15pm – leave room, get in the shower

8.30pm – in PJs, get a drink (water or juice and a decaf tea or hot chocolate) and collapse on the sofa (we are watching Succession) oh no, the washing!?Grab that in – please be dry!

Watch TV until eyes are no longer really open, feed the cat, brush teeth and get into bed

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