On my silent retreat last month, I "heard" silence for the first time in ten years. It was a beautiful sound! I heard my heart and God's more clearly.
In evaluating what needs to change and what should remain the same in my life, I discerned that only one main thing should change: NO MULTI-TASKING. It is killing my joy, which is trying so hard to be strong and plentiful!
So I have re-arranged my homeschool day:
-an hour for prayer and exercise
-an hour for housework, including putting dinner together
-three hours for homeschooling
-50 minutes for lunch (eaten together in silence, listening to classical music)
-10 minutes for closing my eyes and doing NOTHING
-three more hours for homeschooling
-10 minutes for closing my eyes and doing NOTHING
-50 minutes for business, phone calls and email
-one hour for housework
-one hour for dinner and clean up
-on hour for family music lessons and reading together in the library
-family prayers
-bedtime
Sundays, NO Cleaning, NO Cooking, NO Computer
My favorite part about having implemented this plan is how much I have to deny myself! I get so tickled that I "cannot" rotate the laundry while I am teaching math to someone, or that I "cannot" check my email until after school. It is a strange feeling, to break the double-tasking experience, and I feel intense relief that I am just going to be where I am, when I am there!
I LOVE IT!!
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