#TimeManagement: Make a Plan, and Do the Work.

"Oh, we're supposed to invest our extra income?

What did Mahlena say about how to make more money?"

In the words of a fallen member of the black community, "If you fail to plan, then you are planning to fail."

It's okay to deviate from your plan, but if you have no plan in the first place, where are you going?

Toonces does not know.

Let me tell you a story.

It was senior year of high school.

I got accepted to my first-choice university.

I also decided to attend this institution, because it was where I needed to be.

Soon after I made this decision, two of my classmates told me that they didn't get into this school because I applied.

Save Time and Save Money: The Top 5 Ways your Dream Board will help.

"What would you do if I gave you this Tubman, Girlfriend?"

Save Time.

Save Money.

First of all, I like to spend my time doing things I enjoy and invest my money in ways to enrich my life. Those are the images I put on my Dream Boards to inspire me to greatness

However, the phrases "save time" and "save money" rank higher in Google search terms.

So here we are.

These are the top 5 ways Dream Boards will help you Save Time and Save Money!

FIND TIME for ME: How to Write a Book edition

"I always wanted to write a book."

How do you write a book?

Start writing.

"And when you come to the end, stop."

For you Dreamers saying, "I have no time to do anything, much less write a book!", start over here for a Quick Fix.

"Off to get my Quick Fix!"

For the rest of you Dreamers who have some time, but don't know where to start, let me spin you a yarn about my book writing journey.

I will, Sir Idris Elba!

Selfish Mommy

"I did it all, including giving birth to Sondra at 21 and Denise at 25,

while graduating from Hillman College and going to law school, 

then becoming a successful attorney, raising three more children, 

dancing with Debbie Allen, and loving my husband 

who performs medical examinations in the basement."

Part of me wants to burn down all of the projects I'm working on and start a new one called Selfish Mommy, where I tell mothers via audio, video, blog, book, online, and in person that I give you permission to make time for yourself.

That's essentially what I'm doing here on I Have A Dream Board, but the message is for busy women in general, whether you have decided to raise children or not.

Women in general need to shut out all the noise and think about what is right for them.

Mothers in particular have crazy nonsense hurled at them all the time.

I thought it would stop by the time I became a mother. It is 2017, after all. But now it's worse.

The last straw on the camel's back came for me last week.

How to Be the Best: You need to Be Specific

"We're the best Laurie and Jackie doing stand-up comedy."

So you think you can Be the Best. (I see you, Aubrey/Drake.)

Let me tell you a tale.

You're Right. You Don't Have Time for everything. Here's a Quick Fix.

C'est tout.

You don't have to do it all.

How can you move forward?

How can you get more done?

"Well, I'll tell you, Nicki."

"How does she do it all?" I don't. You shouldn't either.

"For real, tho?"

Yes, for real.

Let me spin you a tale. A Mother's Day tale.

How was this a movie?

For this Mother's Day, I had quite a morning planned for myself that would start with celebratory public outing with hundreds of other families, and commence with lunch and a nap in the afternoon. I had been organizing this for weeks, sending emails, making multiple calls, arranging printouts and pick-ups and drop-offs, because I knew it would be something my family would enjoy.

Note that I had orchestrated much of this myself, even though I have capable people in my family that could have made some plans on their own for me, the Mother in question.

On the Saturday night before Mother's Day, as I was going to bed, I realized I was feeling ill. But maybe my malady would go away by the morning.

It did not go away by morning.

I felt worse.

Now what?