I am quickly becoming a Homeschool Mom.
Though I am thoroughly looking forward to enjoying this new lifestyle
it will be a very challenging adjustment for me. It requires me to
improve my self-discipline in the areas of organization (of school,
home, and time) and laziness. Yes, I said it, I am naturally a lazy,
unorganized person, and this just will not do for a Homeschool Mom. I
work on it constantly, but as with any flaws they return easily.
Also, I am quickly finding that my
style of homeschool is going to make my social calendar a lot fuller
than I am used to. As an introvert that struggles with depression I
cannot handle too many outings without loosing control of my emotions.
Over the past couple of years I have had a strict rule that I may
have only 1 scheduled outing on my calendar per week(+church =2). Of
course there are occasional unscheduled events for which I say “yes”
if I feel up to it, and “no” if its gonna make me crash. Its a
rule that has done very well for me. Here's the problem, one kid in
piano lessons and I have no room for anything else. No art classes,
no sports, no doctor's appointments, no coffee dates, no farmer's
market, no youth group, no Bible study, nothing. Of course this is
ridiculous, so somehow, I'm going to have to get past it. Stretch my
abilities, find new coping methods and find a new limit. Of course I
will always need a limit, but obviously it must be more than before.
Please pray that God will grant me
the ability to change, and the wisdom to know how much.
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