Help
With Your Rule
It's Taking Too Long!
Dear Holly,
I seem to take lots of time to think about all the aspects of the rule and schedule making and chore charts are taking time. They need revising and I get busy with everyday life. I find I need to stay up late just to be able to work on it. Sometimes til 1 A.M. And then I'm not clear. After we finish up school and we are in summer it will be another schedule to begin to work on.
Labels: About a Rule of Life
posted by Holly at 10:58 AM
3 Comments:
Two things here:
1. If you do a "Room Analysis" of all your rooms in a single sweep (as laid out in MROL), then you will have a compelte listing of the chores to be done in your house. Then, you can divide them up from person to person, according to a daily, weekly , seasonal basis.
Hang up what you have in the kitchen on a really big piece of paper if you have to. Then, when a new chore that you didn't think of comes up, just write it in. Also, if one child has too many chores and another not enough - just alter this right on the paper on your wall. It's a bit messy at first , but shortly, you won't be writing anything new in. Then, you can go and do up a good copy on your computer. No need to stay up until 1 a.m.
Remember too - you are dealing with 'essentials' in a rule , not scheduling every little detail that might ever come up in life.
What must be done every day and every week no matter what - like dishes and cleaning kitty litter? Let things like cleaning out the closet and washing down the insides of the cupboards go until there is a need.
2. As for a summer schedule - I have always kept my chores around meal times because summer or winter, we are going to eat! That way, chores are attached to meals, and there is no need to alter this from season to season.
In our summer schedule - we just stop school work, but our prayer and chores all remain the same (except that we sleep in later, and 'when' we start doesn't matter). The rest of the time is free. I'm not sure why you would need a summer schedule. Why not just get chores and prayer in, and let the rest go? Then you'll get a real vacation - another important aspect of family life!
So-- quit stressing and just work with it. I like to sit and look at the schedule and study, ponder and wonder and think ,think,think.
I'll try more doing and get my answers as we go along.
Thanks
This particular post has helped me a TON b/c I tend to examine & ponder but don't actually GET anywhere. Thank you, Holly, for the gift of your time & helping us all to be the mothers we are called to be!
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