I majored in Advertising/Journalism in college. Part of the requirement was to complete a 6 week internship. Thinking I wanted to write fashion advertising, I applied to my favorite San Francisco apparel store and was thrilled to get the "job". But not for long. The ad department, 100% female, seemed to be running on estrogen and tears, not hard work or common sense. After that I decided not to work in fashion or in any primarily female environment.

Managing a busy lifestyle as a busy mom can be merely challenging sometimes. That’s why I’ve come up with 10 original time saving tips for busy mothers. As a working mother of 4 plus another on the way, I could use all the time saving tips I can find.

Three years ago, after being a SAHM for 25 years, I decided to pursue a life-long dream and start my own business. Being super-organized, and taking the "When you have lemons make lemonade" philosophy to heart, I hired a developer to create software versions of the lists I'd created to help manage our household. I offer them through my website, Habitudes.info.

I've always been an early riser - that is, until I had kids. I remember as a teenager, I'd get up WAY before the crack of dawn to go for a run. I lived on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and sometimes I'd run all the way to mid-town, which is about 50 blocks each way. It was exhilarating!

Achievement requires the risk of failure.  Therein lies the problem for many people.  Most people would rather do nothing than take the chance of falling flat on their face.  But that’s exactly the kind of thinking that keeps people feeling stuck, unsatisfied and like they haven’t accomplished anything of much significance in their lives.