Hi, I am Alison. I am a single mum born in 1979.
At the time of writing that makes me 46. I work part time as a Senior Project Manager for a software company.
I've a 2 year old, a 9 year old with autism and PDA who is homeschooled and a 12 year old that also has autism (but milder).
I also have a craft business and a mortgaged home by the Sussex coast in England.
My parents live abroad and I have no family members who help me.
I have no childcare options other than paid sitters.
So its fair to say that life as it is for everyone, has many challenges. I have struggled with many of them until I designed systems that made my life so much easier.
Some of these systems are more about psychological survival and how to be genuinely happy, and some are practical strategies such as home organisation, meal planning, budgeting, and how to get the laundry done before your cat urinates all over it (trust me this has been a HUGE problem for me!).
I have such a bank of strategies in my head that I decided to write it all down - or do videos - to pass onto others who may be in similar situations. In this blog you will find the following topics and more. As I create the blog entries, I'll circle back to this intro and provide links to the entries, so you can just go ahead and click on each one and see if I've provided some guidance already.
Are you ready to get home savvy?
Organising and storing belongings
Household chore schedules
Time Management strategies
Effective parenting techniques for NT and spectrum families
Meal planning for busy families
Budgeting for households
Homeschool planning and implementation
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