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Reply to "How Do You Do It All?! Really!"

Hi Sarah. First of all, don't think you're alone when it comes to lack of time. #teamnosleep is a pretty popular hashtag in the cookie world, and I've heard some joke that their families are on their own during the month of December as far as dinners are concerned lol.  A lot of cookiers churn out hundreds of cookies each week, but much of this has to do with gradually learning how to become very efficient due to so much repetitiveness. It's definitely more of a challenge to find time to do this when you have kids. (Mine are old enough that they don't need mom for everything but instead, much of my spare time is now spent driving them to extra-curriculars that are out of town.) If you can put a movie on for the kids, that will give you some time to decorate. Or maybe arrange for all three to have playdates (or sleepovers!) at their respective friends' houses one night. If you have your designs planned out you can spend one day making the dough, another baking and yet another decorating. It doesn't have to be all at once. Also, I think when people freeze their dough, it's probably because they already have their designs confirmed. For example, if a customer wanted champagne bottles and glasses for a new year's eve party, you could make and cut out the cookie shapes now. This way, they would be ready to bake and decorate when the time comes. But you can also freeze sheets of dough in advance to be cut out and used as needed. Remember, everyone starts out slow as beginners. A little time here and there and before you know it, you will be one of them. 

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