The past couple years, and particularly the past ten months of my life, have been filled with a lot of change and uncertainty. Honestly, there hasn’t been a lot of real schedule happening–at least not the kind I would like to have.
But the truth is, life is real. Sometimes just “do what we can” each day, and have to be content with that.
Maybe it was the coming of autumn, maybe it was having two girls who were watching my every move and ready to be big helpers, maybe it was knowing I needed to fit time for some “schoolwork” in amidst everything else I had going on… This past month, I’ve been trying to figure out some sort of a schedule.
My husband was quick to point out that when you farm and own your own business, there is no daily or hourly schedule that will ever stay the same, from week to week let alone month to month. But that didn’t change the fact that I knew I had certain things I needed to do each day. Or at least, that I should do each day. No matter the exact minute or hour they actually get done.
I’ll just say it: I’m allergic to schedules.
I like to think I’m a flexible person. As the oldest child in a large family, and as a young adult involved in volunteering, freelance work and travel, this trait has stood me in good stead. But it also trips me up nearly every day, whenever I allow (usually good) non-essentials to deflect me from the tasks God has actually give me to do.
But sometimes the very distractions are His assignment for me at that moment.
In this season of my life, as a pregnant mama to a 10-month-old, the most descriptive term for my household schedule would be “very loose”. Maybe as more kids are added to our little family and we have a larger house and life gets busier, I’ll need a more structured schedule, but right now this seems to be working pretty well for us.
It’s time for the second annual virtual peek into each other’s lives through a YLCF blog carnival!
Last year, we took a detailed look into our days. This week, we’re talking about our weekly schedules, our to-do lists, our week in general and specific.
As the week goes on, some of us here on the YLCF Team will be giving you a run-down on how a week goes in each of our homes. If you haven’t already, we’d love for you to write a post about your weekly schedule, and share the link here sometime this week.
