It’s been a busy…busy…busy week…
I was reminded this week that my family and I need to
SLOOOOWWW things down. With school for the kids, my masters program for me,
sports, boy scouts, cleaning, cooking, and the ever list of things to do, I
believe we are BURNED OUT!!!
So this momma has taken matters into her own hands. Well, I
wouldn’t necessarily say that, how about I’m putting some things into someone’s
hands that can actually do something with them. I’m giving it over to God and
we shall see what he can do with our schedule.
The last two nights we’ve had little to do. We went and ate with
my family for my mom’s birthday and played board games. Then last night the
kids helped out around the house while my hubby did “honey do’s” and then the
kids played outside while I finished dinner. It was amazing to have everything
done by 8pm and be sitting down in my chair. I was almost speechless.
I downloaded a book and I’m reading it for ways to slow my
family down where we aren’t quiet so fast paced. It’s called Not
So Fast by Ann Kroeker and has some wonderful ideas in it that I would
recommend to any family. One thing she points out is that are lives are not
defined by our “to-do lists.” Our lives are not the sum of anything that we can
accomplish in a given amount of time. One thing that is pointed out in the book
is that we tend to put more on our plate that we think we can do. I know I tend
to do it!! So they mentioned to imagine your day as a beautiful plate, and
divide it into three sections that you want. Three things that will help the
day go more smoothly and get things together for your family.
I hope to let people know about the progress of this little
experiment. I’m hoping it will help our family come closer together as well as
bring us closer to God.
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