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I am a project person. I love the sense of
completing monumental tasks of cleaning and
organization and the subsequent chaos control that
they bring to our home.
Reality check...
I have three children who are messy little
creatures and a husband that places his
shoes beside the shoe basket in the entry way (I
love you hunny!)...
...add in some
homeschooling....cooking...laundry...dance
class...baseball practice...gardening...
Projects NEVER get done around here.
As I prayed I asked God to help me with my To-Do
list according to His purpose each day. When I
actually take time to pray as I'm preparing my
list of things to do, things always go better and
those tasks that remain feel less like failures.
Honestly, I should really add "pray" to the top of
my to-do list for each day...
The overwhelming sense of disorder in my home was
getting to me last May when we finished our school
year. And I promptly sat down and started making a
list of things that I would accomplish before I
started the new school year....
Then I had an epiphany....(thanks, God!)
I don't have hours of interrupted time to
accomplish Hercules-sized labors...
...but I do have 10 minutes.
Even little one can sit beside me and play quietly
for 10 minutes while I work.
So, I've begun to set the timer and work on a
small task for 10 minutes. When the time is up, I
am finished (even if my project is undone). Those
of you who know my first-born, perfection driven
personality probably doubt that I actually left a
project undone...and you were right the first few
times.
Then I learned...
I cannot organize my bedroom closet in ten
minutes...but I can put all the clothing I no
longer wear into a bin for donations...
...in another ten minute segment later that day I
organized my shoes and purses...
...another ten minutes and my hubby's clothes were
re-organized more neatly...
I have followed my 10 minutes rule and have
accomplished quite a lot.
But most importantly, I have learned to cut
projects into manageable chunks so that my
children are a blessing to me instead of
interruptions in my projects. After all, aren't my
children's tender hearts why I'm home anyway??
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Thanks for sharing today, Kristi!
1 comment:
Thank you, thank you. I needed this refocus.
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