Finding Time to Write While Raising Children

Finding time to write when you have children running around the house can be a very difficult task. Even if you are a stay at home mom it can still be hard to find the time needed to sit down and do something you enjoy, like writing. I am a stay at home mom to three daughters and have been writing for a while now. While it can be interesting trying to find the time in a busy day to write, it is very possible. Here are a few tips on finding time to write while raising your children.

My most favorite time of day to write is while my toddler is napping and my two older girls are in school. My toddler naps for about two hours every day. So this is the perfect time of day for me to write an article or two and do several of my daily chores around the house while she is napping. I wasn't so lucky with my older two girls, who stopped napping around the age of 18 months.

My second favorite time of day to write is after all of my girls have gone off to bed for the night. I usually have all three in bed by nine o'clock so that gives me about two hours of peace and quiet to write before I head off to bed at eleven o'clock. Since my husband works nights I have even fewer distractions. My biggest distraction at this time of day are the evening television shows that I enjoy watching at night. Many times I will actually write during the commercial breaks.

If you have children in school and you take them to and pick them up from school then you actually have a great moment in the day to write........pick-up time. I do drive my older girls to school and pick them up every day. So I have about an hour each day where I'm sitting in the pick-up line at school. This is one of the easiest times of day to write. You can do this by either taking a notebook, pen and your notes to school with you. Or you can just take along your laptop, if you have one, and type away. I drive a minivan so my toddler has plenty of room to just play with her bag of toys while I work on my article for the day.....if I had not written it at naptime.