Do you live by a schedule? I have discovered, since having children, that I function much better if I know about what to expect at certain times of the day. Breakfast sometime after seven, lunch around 11:30, kids go down for nap around 12:30, dinner around 5:30, kids go to bed around 8. This is the basic structure of our day. From there, I can fill in activities like story time at the library, shopping trips, playing outside, hanging out with friends, etc. And yes, I can handle it if we waiver a bit. Scooting lunchtime back so we can do a longer activity is fine. But if I were to just start the day with no structure, I'd probably be completely stressed out.
Since school is out for the summer, and I'm married to a teacher, my husband is home most of the time now. This is a blessing because we all love spending time with him. It also frees me up to do more things that are difficult with children under me or to run errands by myself (bliss!). But it also changes things, because his schedule isn't necessarily the same as ours. Also, my self-designated work time is while the kids nap, and it's not as easy when he's doing things beside me. I'm not sure why. Maybe because of the temptation to have a conversation instead. Or the baseball game he might turn on. Needless to say, summer brings some changes to our schedule. And that's okay. But it's also something I have to learn to work with and around in order to enjoy the blessings of having him home. It's worth it. I just might not be as productive over the next few months. Do you function better with a "normal" schedule like I do? Or do you prefer to just go into the day and see what it brings? How do you adjust when your schedule changes?
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