I really need some advice ladies!

I am exhausted; I have been up since 6am, was at work by 7am after only going to bed at probably 11pm last night due to a very long body corporate meeting, it is now 8pm and I am still working at home. This has been my life for the past two weeks.

Let me just give you a snap shot of my reality at the moment:

I have two weeks of work on my desk, that all needs to be done ASAP.  I recently decided to go back to working for myself and in the process I have decided to follow my passion and start a few projects I am extremely passionate about. I have managed to secure a full time contract which I work on by day and then I am trying to work on my other projects at night.

And to be very honest, I went to work today looking like an absolute mess, something I promised I was not going to do this year and I am not proud of at all! And by mess let me just give you a few of the details: my hair was pulled back and tied up very messily; I have black nail polish that is chipped on my finger nails, I wore jeans and flats to work today and I put no makeup on other a bit of base. I work in a very large corporate during the day and I actually felt crap about myself today, as the other ladies in the office walked in at 8am looking like they walked off a fashion shoot.

I don’t feel like I have time to go to gym, make a nice meal when I get home, lie in the bath and read a magazine or just relax at the moment.  My poor BF has been so neglected over the past week, I realised it today when I arrive home and did not even give him a kiss and ask how his day was! I can go on and on, but you get the picture, and I am sure a lot of you have been faced with a very similar situation.

I see people around me with so much more on their plate and they somehow make it work. I mean I don’t even have kids (I really want kids but when I have a day like today, I really don’t know how the working Mom’s do it).

So back to my question that I need help with – How do you do it?  Where you do find the time to do everything that needs to be done.

How do you:

• Arrive at work with you hair and makeup done and in an accessorised outfit?
• Find time to have a pedi, manicure, massage, facial etc on a regular basis?
• Get home and cook dinner and still finish off things that need to be done?
• Go to gym 3 to 5 times a week?
• Keep your handbag in order?
• Keep on top of your work load?
• Go to doctor and dentist appointments?
• Balance your social, work and personal life?
• Find time for just you and your partner in between everything that is happening?

Yes I have a million questions, but I really feel like I am missing out on some sort of secret here that a lot of women have discovered. They somehow manage to keep the wheels turning, with more on their plate than me, yet I feel like my wheels are about to come off at any stage…..

Please share your secrets with me?

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