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Simplifying
Family Life
When looking for ways to simplify
our family life we often run into titles like Get More Done and 100
Things To Do: To Simplify Your Life. I don’t know about you, but I
really don’t want to be told I need to get more done or MORE things
TO DO! What I desire is to do less, to me that is simplifying life!
So, if you’re looking for an article that helps you get more done in
less time or how to organize I suggest doing a google search and you
will find plenty of books and articles that will help you feel worse
not better. OK, a little sarcasm there…please forgive me.
My thoughts on simplifying life are more about streamlining our
lives, eliminating what we can and enjoying what we do. I will make
a list of suggestions; not orders or rules to follow, just ideas.
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Journal about what you really want
your family life to look like.
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Analyze what you wrote; look for
hints of the life you desire.
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Look for troublesome areas and
things you can eliminate.
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What parts of your day really works
well for you and your family?
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Why are they working?
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What parts of your day are not
working well?
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Why are they not working?
So, when you look at this writing
what do you see? The mornings are crazy because we are all to
hurried. OK, what can change and if these changes involve others I
highly recommend bringing them into the conversation. Look for
unlikely solutions, not the simple ones like getting up earlier,
unless everyone likes that idea. Look at what’s working and why;
after school or work things run smoothly for about an hour. Why is
that, because everyone is just unwinding, doing the things they like
to do? So how can we make the morning more about doing the things we
like to do. I know this might sound absurd to some really busy
families and I challenge the people who fit into that category to do
an inventory of what’s really important. What can stay and what can
go?
When you look at your day and you see more “have to” and “should”,
than “want to” and “could”, I ask that you look at that and ask why.
I look at it this way, I really don’t have to do anything, and I
make choices. When I look at things and say “I choose” to drive my
daughter to cross country practice it feels a lot better than saying
“I have” to drive her. If driving her to practice doesn’t work for
me, then we would look for a creative solution that would work for
both of us. This time of year life gets really busy and I suggest
staying very aware of the “could of, would of, should of’s” if you
hear that in your head it’s time to regroup. Remind yourself you
have choices and you can choose what to do and where to go…
joyfully! Transform your holidays! |
