Don't Forget About You
Posted by Danielle Bean in Just me on Monday, August 30, 2010 8:51 AM
During this crazy back-to-school season, many of us moms find ourselves planning schedules, shopping for supplies, and preparing our kids for new fall routines.
It can be easy to lose ourselves in the shuffle.
As much as you are planning your son’s soccer schedule, as much as you are planning your daughter’s violin lessons, as much as you are planning an entire school year full of learning and activity for your kids ... I want to remind you to make a plan for you, too.
We may not be going back to school, but I think fall is an ideal time of year for moms to schedule some regular time for ourselves into our daily routines. We are already making changes and adjustments—we should make at least some of them work in our favor.
Some years I have scheduled morning prayer time with the kids, and we will surely do some of that, but this year I am planning a daily 15 Minutes for Mom too. I am not sure yet where it will fall—first thing in the morning or before lunchtime—but the details don’t matter much. What does matter is scheduling it.
I know there will be some days I don’t get my 15 minutes, and that’s okay.
My kids usually roll their eyes at the charts I print up and post on the fridge every September. They know we won’t stick to my new schedules perfectly. And I know it too. But that doesn’t matter at all.
If I never set the goal of inserting quiet time in my day, it would happen about 0% of the time. If I do set the goal, it will happen something short of 100% of the time, but it will surely be more than 0%.
That’s a success rate I am willing to shoot for. I just ordered myself a gift subscription to Magnificat, and I intend to use it.
How about you? What plans are you making for YOU this fall?
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