I started this out several days ago trying to figure out my New Year's resolutions. I guess it's clear why I haven't got those published here.
"This is the time for me to look at the year and reassess where I am in all areas of my life. As I pray through my resolutions I have to be careful not to be too general or else nothing will change. If I am too specific I can set myself up for failure. I will be praying through things like my spiritual, physical, marital life. How can I improve my spiritual life? I could say I need to have better quiet times. Of course that's true - probably of most Christians. I know I need to be more disciplined in every area of my life, but what are the specifics? For me it seems to come down to I need a reasonable bedtime and to stay home more. I can't wake up and have a quality quiet time if I go to bed late, but how can I fit in the time with each of the girls and Ray if I go to bed early? When I think of goals for my marriage I can come up with so many more things I could be doing better. Then I have the dilemma of how can I work harder on home-school if I am spending more time helping Ray with his paperwork? This is how I do so many things - I pull out everything to look at because it all works together. Yet, what I really should do is look at that which is MOST important and close everything around that."
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Lori, you summed up exactly how I am feeling as this new year begins. I'm spending the last couple of days before homeschool cranks back up just trying to reorganize and work back into a reasonable schedule after a few weeks of extreme flexibility! It can be overwhelming, and I don't do overwhelmed very well! I think I may need to reread Shopping for Time to help me think through these things. Any other recommendations?
Hi Suzanne, I am finishing up Choices That Lead to Godliness by Donna Morley. It is great! The problem I have is that I have so many really good things to do that I feel so guilty saying no... even when it's my own family. Then everything falls out of order and I end up not helping anyone.
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