In the midst of day-to-day happenings in our home - laughing with my eight-month-old, making the time to share with my husband, cleaning, cooking, running a small business, and countless other minutia - I have recognised an unhelpful tendency in my heart.
You see, I want to accomplish all these things in my way, in my timing. Anything less can leave me feeling overwhelmed, upset, and unwilling to really get anything done at all. What I’m really saying is that I want comfortable, I want easy, I want ….. you get the picture!
I’ve been reminded that this is not the point. So now I’m really focussing on making the two boys in my life my main priority in everything I do. This has meant much more time spent on the ground playing, more time making meaningful connections with my husband, less time on my laptop, less time procrastinating, and more time just getting things done straight away.
Over the past couple of months I have been working through some of GirlTalk’s helpful planning resources, and this has been the inspiration for changing my priorities. Carolyn writes:
“For wives and mothers: does our investment of time reflect that our husband and children are our greatest priority?”
I’ve started using SimpleMom’s daily docket to plan my day, but also track my time and see where it’s all going! I will write again in a week’s time with my downfalls, and my plans for change.
