So today my plan was to write about something else, but it became necessary to revise my schedule and I thought I’d go ahead and blog about that. For anyone who tries to do things in absolutes (as in “if I’ve got it planned this way, then this is the way it HAS to be done”) like me, this is a hard thing to do. But I was noticing that at about 8/8:30am I would start feeling like I needed to get online to check things.
Let’s face it, we live in an online world. And as well as the fun stuff, I do a lot of the serious stuff online as well. And so, no matter how much I want to cut ties with the computer, and only spend maybe a half hour to an hour a day on it, that’s almost impossible for me. So I decided that since I kind of slow down around the 8/8:30 mark, and since the dryer is rarely ever done by 8:30am, I would switch things around. Plus, I watch my friend’s little girl on Wednesdays and Thursdays and needed to have a few minutes when I could get her in the door and settled in. So I decided to sit down and revise the schedule.
Now I’ve got folding the laundry down there during Isabel’s bath time, and some online time at 8:30am. I’m hoping that this will help solve the little problem I’ve been coming across. I’m very happy that we haven’t started the homeschool yet (again, I promise, the post is coming soon), so that I’ve had that time to kind of sit down and shove things around in my schedule.
But I think this illustrates something important for us homemakers in general (Even those of us who aren’t mamas), and that lesson is that we MUST be flexible. Luckily, we have the ability to be more flexible with our schedules and how we get things done. I think that’s the beauty of being a homemaker! We get the chance to do things how we would like them to be done, and we control our own jobs, and how we go about those jobs.
I think if I were to give any suggestions for revising your schedule when things come up, it would be to look at where you can either trim time away from something, or where you can trade one activity for another. Most important though, again, be willing to be flexible, and don’t decide you HAVE to follow your schedule exactly the way you planned it. Be willing to switch things out and change things around as you learn what works and what doesn’t!
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
Sunday |
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5:30 am |
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Get Up Get Dressed Put on M’s Coffee Start a Load of Laundry |
Get Up Get Dressed Put on M’s Coffee Start a Load of Laundry |
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5:45 am |
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Eat Breakfast |
Eat Breakfast |
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6:00am |
Get up Get Dressed Put On M’s Coffee Start a Load of Laundry |
Get Up Get Dressed Put On M’s Cofee Start a Load of Laundry |
Wash Dishes |
Wash Dishes |
Get Up Get Dressed Put On M’s Cofee Start a Load of Laundry |
Get Up Get Dressed Put On M’s Cofee Start a Load of Laundry |
Get Up Get Dressed Put On M’s Cofee Start a Load of Laundry |
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6:15am |
Feed Baby |
Feed Baby |
Feed Baby |
Feed Baby |
Feed Baby |
Feed Baby |
Feed Baby |
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6:30am |
Eat Breakfast |
Eat Breakfast |
Sweep Floors Make Beds |
Sweep Floors Make Beds |
Eat Breakfast |
Eat Breakfast |
Eat Breakfast |
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6:45am |
Wash Dishes |
Wash Dishes |
Bathroom Surface Clean |
Bathroom Surface Clean |
Wash Dishes |
Wash Dishes |
Wash Dishes |
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7:00am |
Sweep Floors Make Beds (Change Sheets) Isabel Breakfast |
Sweep Floors Make Beds Isabel Breakfast |
Isabel Breakfast |
Isabel Breakfast |
Sweep Floors Make Beds Isabel Breakfast |
Isabel Breakfast |
Isabel Breakfast
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7:30am |
Get Kids Dressed Brush Hair Brush Teeth |
Get Kids Dressed Brush Hair Brush Teeth |
Receive E, get her settled |
Receive E, get her settled |
Get Kids Dressed Brush Hair Brush Teeth |
Get Kids Dressed Brush Hair Brush Teeth |
Get Kids Dressed Brush Hair Brush Teeth |
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7:45am |
Bathroom Surface Clean |
Bathroom Surface Clean
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Get Kids Dressed Brush Hair Brush Teeth |
Get Kids Dressed, Brush Hair Brush Teeth |
Bathroom Surface Clean |
Bathroom Surface Clean |
Bathroom Surface Clean |
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8:00am |
30 minute declutter |
30 minute declutter |
30 minute declutter |
30 minute declutter |
30 minute declutter |
Clean Shower Bathroom Deep Clean |
Breakfast for anyone who hasn’t been served
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8:30am |
Put away dishes Pay bills Online time |
Put away dishes Online Time |
Put away dishes Menu Planning Online Time |
Put away dishes Online Time |
Put away dishes Plan Saturday’s Field Trip Online Time |
Kitchen Deep Clean |
Readings for Mass Prepare Isabel to go to church |
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9:00am |
Set aside for homeschool Isabel |
Set aside for Homeschool Isabel |
Set aside for homeschool Isabel |
Set aside for homeschool Isabel |
Set aside for homeschool isabel |
Field Trip Day! Or R&R Day |
Leave for 9:30 mass Church |
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10:00am |
Set aside for Homeschool Isabel |
Set aside for homeschool Isabel |
Set aside for homeschool Isabel |
Set aside for homeschool isabel |
Set aside for homeschool isabel |
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Church |
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11:00am |
Baby Lunch |
Baby Lunch |
Baby Lunch |
Baby Lunch |
Baby Lunch |
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Rest |
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11:15am |
Lunch and Dinner Prep |
Lunch and Dinner Prep |
Lunch and Dinner Prep |
Lunch and Dinner Prep |
Lunch and Dinner Prep |
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Menu Planning |
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12:00pm |
Lunch |
Lunch |
Lunch |
Lunch |
Lunch |
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Lunch (Leftovers) |
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1:00pm |
Set aside for Isabel Homeschool |
Set aside for Isabel Homeschool |
Set Aside for Isabel Homeschool |
Set Aside for Isabel Homeschool |
Set Aside for Isabel Homeschool |
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Baking Day!!
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2:00pm |
Isabel Kinect Time |
Isabel Kinect Time |
Isabel Kinect Time |
Isabel Kinect Time |
Isabel Kinect Time |
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2:30pm |
Mommy Kinect Time |
Mommy Kinect Time |
Mommy Kinect Time |
Mommy Kinect Time |
Mommy Kinect Time |
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3:00pm |
Quiet Time |
Quiet Time |
Quiet Time |
Quiet Time |
Quiet Time |
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4:00pm |
Dinner Prep |
Dinner Prep |
Dinner Prep |
Dinner Prep |
Dinner Prep |
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Dinner Prep |
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5:00pm |
Dinner |
Dinner |
Dinner |
Dinner |
Dinner |
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Dinner |
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5:30pm |
Clean Up Wash Dishes |
Clean up Wash Dishes |
Clean Up Wash Dishes |
Clean Up Wash Dishes
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Clean Up Wash Dishes |
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Clean Up Wash Dishes |
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6:00pm |
Isabel Bath Fold Laundry |
Isabel Bath Fold Laundry |
Isabel Bath Fold Laundry |
Isabel Bath Fold Laundry |
Isabel Bath Grocery Shopping |
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Isabel Bath |
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6:30pm |
Olivia Bath |
Olivia Bath |
Olivia Bath |
Olivia Bath |
Olivia Bath |
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Olivia Bath |
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7:00pm |
Reading Time |
Reading Time |
Reading Time |
Reading Time |
Reading Time |
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Extra Clean Up Time |
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8:00pm |
Bath time Personal Hygeine |
Bath time Personal Hygeine |
Bath time Personal Hygeine |
Bath time Personal Hygeine |
Bath time Personal Hygeine Fold Laundry |
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Bath Time Peronal Hygeine |
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9:00pm |
Hubby/Wife Time |
Hubby/Wife Time |
Hubby/Wife Time |
Hubby/Wife Time |
Hubby/Wife Time |
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Hubby/Wife Time |
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10:00pm |
Bed time |
Bed time |
Bed time |
Bed time |
Bed time |
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Bed Time |
I love that you did this! I have seriously been thinking about making a stricter schedule. My family already makes fun of me because I am so serious about sticking to a routine. But when I have made an even stricter schedule I get really stressed out. I am an “absolute” kinda girl. I HAVE to finish things and do things by my schedule, if I don’t, I get stressed out and feel like a failure. Which is why I keep my schedule vague and loose. I want to do a more set schedule like this, but I am scared it will stress me out and I will be setting myself up for failure. Thanks for reminding me that it’s okay to revise!!
I think this comes from being a people pleaser and trying to do things “right”. I was always like that in school, I always wanted to do things the “right” way and it just leaked into everything I do. Its why I have such a hard time righting, I worry about doing it right. That’s what I’m learning to let go of now, actually.
by “righting” do you mean “writing”?
Because if not, I have a hard time wrapping my head around what that means! LOL and if so…I feel better now, because I made that same mistake in a text to my sister the other day.
Writing, yes, lol!