Day Five Adding It Up...... Hello there!  So glad you guys are joining me as we create some family schedules that work for our families! At the end of last week, your task was to create your Activity List, either on a piece of paper, or using the Free Family Scheduling Template I created for you.  (NOTE: I made a small modifiction to the Family Scheduling Template for this post so that only the items selected for that particular family member will show as options under … [Read more...]

Day Four: Activity List By now you should have 2-3 sentences that outline your general Vision statements or objectives as a family, and taken a look at your activities to make sure they align with those objectives.  You have also identified the amount of sleep each member in your family needs, and developed a start and end time to your day by identifying a bedtime and rise time (and nap times) for each member of your family. Today's Mission: Make a list of all of the activities in your day … [Read more...]

Day Three:   Establishing a Beginning and End In this constantly bustling society, one area that often gets overlooked is the amount of sleep everyone is getting.  Some might be getting too much, but if you're a mom of young children, chances are that you aren't getting enough sleep.  I can be totally guilty of that - robbing time from sleep to get things done.  But if you don't have rest, it makes you much more irritable and less productive.  It … [Read more...]

When I was a kid, we ran from one activity to another.  We were involved in EVERYTHING.  While I appreciated being able to do nearly every activity I ever desired, I reflect on childhood as a very frazzled time - always running from one activity to the next.  Today, I struggle with performance-based approval which I believe stemmed from this frequent activity.  How much can I get done and how well can I do it - these are questions I began asking myself at a very young age, … [Read more...]