We’re delighted to have Crystal Paine back on The Martha + Mary Show talking about her latest book. Our conversation is full of practical tips to help you enjoy your life and accomplish what matters most while you’re juggling a lot.

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Show Notes for Episode 165 with Crystal Paine

Crystal Paine, author of Time-Saving Mom, helps you pray, prioritize, plan, and prep so you can enjoy what matters most to you.

Today’s Guest: Crystal Paine is the founder of MoneySavingMom.com, host of The Crystal Paine Show podcast, and a New York Times bestselling author. Her desire is to help women across the globe live with more joy, purpose, and intention in their everyday lives. She lives with her husband and six kids in the Nashville, Tennessee, area, where she is actively involved in her local church. Her biggest passions are helping women understand how the gospel can radically transform their lives, raising awareness for foster care, going on adventures with her family, finding great deals at the grocery store, having heartfelt conversations, and trying to read too many books at one time!

Theme Music: “Found” by Lisa Troyer and Dawn Yoder Venture3Media/Circle of Friends

Show Sponsor: Made Like Martha book by Katie M. Reid

Things We Talk About:

• Crystal’s podcast
• Time-Saving Mom Book
• Crystal’s 4-step system
• More family meals around the table
• Body fat loss goal (protein, sleep, water intake, and strength training)
• Reward yourself with a fun task after your complete an unpleasant task
• Adoption
• When to say “no” to something that isn’t working anymore
• When to push through when the “yes” is hard
• Nothing to Prove Book
• Looking people in the eyes

Crystal’s 4-step system to organize and simplify your life:

Begin your day with the posture of relying on Jesus in prayer. @moneysavingmom #marthamaryshow #prayer #getitdone Click To Tweet

Pray

• Start your day with a posture of relying on Jesus. Lift up your day to Him.

Prioritize

• 6×2 Priority System, Choose 2 of your 6 priorities to approach each day in order to minimize overwhelm.
• Marriage, Kids, Health, Home, Friendships/Relationships, Business

Plan

• Google Calendar and a Time Block To-Do List
• Habit Chart

Prep

• Morning and Evening Routines
• Set a timer for 5 minutes to curb procrastination

Why do you procrastinate? Fear of failure? Hung up on the details? Do you need to break the task down into smaller steps? @moneysavingmom #timesavingmom #marthamaryshow #procrastination Click To Tweet

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