I was so excited for this weeks {Homemakers Challenge} at Joyful Mothering.
I thought "Great - just what I need - a schedule". It fits me to the T - I have a planner, I make lists, I know what is going on with who at any given moment.
Funny thing though…despite all that every time I tried to do this challenge, I hit a wall. I feel overwhelmed with all the things I want to put on my list verse being realistic about what I can actually accomplish. Thinking about weekly chores leads to other chores/things I don't really do often enough (only tall people actually see what I hide on top of the fridge, right?) which then snowballs into making a list of all things I've wanted to do EVER (clean the basement, paint the living room…and on and on).
My problem? Between my husband and I we have 7 kids between the ages of 7 and 18. (Yes, you read that right - SEVEN). Our household is far from 'traditional'. We have kids here, there and everywhere. In addition to that we both work outside the home. No 2 nights in our household are ever the same, which makes it hard to say 'Monday night I'm going to [insert chore here]' - on any given night I am a cook, a taxi, a referee, a hairdresser. Just last night I had to save a Lego man from being tortured by the salad spinner (welcome to my world!)
Conclusion? I need to stop trying to be perfect and just go with it. I need to learn to use what God gave me and rely on Him more. I have a history of making unrealistic goals and setting myself up to fail. So I made my list and I'm just going with it. I'm going to pray for flexibility and wisdom to know what I should be doing when. Here's hoping the dust bunnies under the couch don't multiply week to week if I forget and leave them there!
This weeks challenge is to come up with a list of 5-10 must do weekly chores.
- dust
- sweep the floors (ideally I should do this at least twice a week)
- bathrooms
- bedrooms
- grocery shopping
- garbage
- fold/put away laundry
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