Posted 2015-10-13 7:10 PM Subject: Time management
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Posts: 306 Location: Albany, Georgia
For those of you who ride a lot of horses a day, how do you manage your time in the most efficient way to get everything done including barn chores and all!
Posted 2015-10-13 8:39 PM Subject: RE: Time management
Owner of a ratting catting machine
Posts: 2258
The people that I've seen really make this happen get up early and turn the lights on, and go to bed late and turn the lights off. I think that lights are going to make all the difference in that game.
Posted 2015-10-14 5:28 AM Subject: RE: Time management
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Posts: 422 Location: Fort Bragg North Carolina
If you REALLY want it you will do what it takes. i cut the less important things out of my life. I eat fast food a lot because I can grab it on the way home from work get home and get straight on a horse. Things like that make a difference
Posted 2015-10-14 5:51 AM Subject: RE: Time management
Twin Sister to Queen Boobie
Posts: 13315 Location: East Tennessee but who knows?!
I work full time and have a 45 minute commute. Most mornings I'm up at 3:30-4am to get non-horse stuff done and usually feed and do stalls by 6:30. (1 hour) We have 8-9, with 6-7 in stalls. Sometimes my husband will help and do stalls in the afternoons. He does pm feed & turn out (15 min).
If I want to ride, I do stalls in the morning. I get home at 6, and I usually will be able to ride 2 or ride 1 and lunge 2. I allot about 2 hours to riding. I'll also pony some too.
I do think it helps to have a solid routine and look for ways to.make everything easy and quick, and keep every thing as close together as you can so you're not walking and making a million trips. I feed out of a wheelbarrow that I load up. That saves a good bit of time. For those that need their feed wet down, I'll put water in their buckets when I'm going through watering prior to feeding. Little things like that save time.
Posted 2015-10-14 7:00 AM Subject: RE: Time management
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Posts: 306 Location: Albany, Georgia
I have 7 that need riding and a weanling and late 2 yr old that needs tying and all that good stuff. Luckily I have a job that I work from 7:30am until approx 2-3 everyday. Sometimes I can get out earlier, sometimes a little later, so i have plenty of time. But I was just curious how others made it work. Most of mine stay turned out for the most part so that eliminates stall cleaning to a minimum, but going out and catching does take up time, but thank goodness for the Polaris!!
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