How Can I Feel Productive as a Mom?

This short book single-handedly brought me out of the depths of despair as a new mom!!! Motherhood has revealed how much I base my worth on my productivity and that has been less than fun to deal with!! Now going to keep this book inside the cover of my bible and return to the encouragement in it ve......more

(4.5 stars rounded up) “There will be interruptions and messes and days when the baby doesn’t nap, and you will need to remind yourself again and again that these things are not keeping you from your work. They are your work—work given to you by a good God whose thoughts and ways are far above yours.......more

Excellent corrective to all the pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps efficiency advice always coming for us, especially moms. You are not the tasks you accomplish. Life is not a race. What matters is walking with and knowing God and following Him moment by moment.......more

A very short, yet very encouraging read! I listened to this via audiobook. It has helped me refocus my priority and outlook as a mother! I can see myself listening and reading this book again and again over the years for encouragement!......more

Absolutely recommend to all mothers. Very short but so helpful! I will be reading this often for the reminder. I will share one of the many favorite quotes I noted: “He planned the interruptions, and since he planned them they are your work. They didn’t get in the way from something more important.”......more