My next school year I am taking on a new challenge I have never done before. A schedule. Yes I have a daily plan for school. The kids have their own daily check off lists, however this year each activity is going to be assigned a time and we are going to stick to it. (I hope!)
On the advice of a mom to 12, I picked up a book called Managers of Their Homes by Steven and Teri Maxwell. It is a lot of information, and I have yet to find the time to finish it. I am working my way through it. Well when I got to chapter 2, I knew I was in the right book.
"There is a starting poing for success in daily scheduling...schedule our own personal time with the Lord each day. When we can schedule and remain faithful to this time, the foundation and cornerstone of our day, we can succeed in scheduling."
Yep that is what I have been lacking and needing. I don't know about you, but ever since I added the last 2 kids to my family I have struggled in this area like never before.
So pray for me, and I will share how it goes.
I was just talking about that with my cousin this morning!! When it was just 2 children, I was a schedule nazi like you would not believe, but once we got to 4, then 5, then 6...the schedule has gotten so lax. We do try to maintain some normalcy in the mornings during school. But, yesterday when Tim asked me, very nicely, to please get the kids back on a schedule that included stable nap time, I know I must have really been slacking!! It is obvious that all this running around has started to cause this mama to slip.
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to reading how it goes for one of the best mama's I know! I have heard really great things about that book from moms of many.
I love you, Girl!
Veronica