Our move to Texas has allowed Kevin to bless me with the ability to be a bonafide, apron wearing housewife. I’m planning on going back to school in the fall but until then I don’t have to work if I don’t want to.
And I don’t want to.
Instead, I have the honor and pleasure of creating a house that is clean, orderly, beautiful and peaceful. A wonderful place for my husband to come home to and be recharged and relax. I love that I get to do that.
But….
It’s been a real struggle for me to get into a routine of what to do with myself all day every day. I’ve never had so much freedom before. I don’t have a boss to answer to. I don’t have a parent around telling me what to do. If I don’t want to make my bed, I don’t have to. If I want to sit around in my pj’s all day and watch lame daytime tv, I can.
And I have.
The downside is that all this freedom has left me feeling kind of off balance. I wanted a schedule. I craved some sort of routine. I knew what I wanted to accomplish every day. I just couldn’t figure out in which order to do things, so I did the minimum and then watched a lot of stupid daytime programming. *shudder*
That, my friends, is NO way to live.
Nuh uh.
Thankfully, God has recently given me insight into a schedule that will work for me and I really look forward to it. I haven't attached times to anything because I've noticed that if I do that and don't meet those time deadlines I feel guilty about it and that's dumb. So instead it is just list of things I want to do every day, arranged in the way that helps me to be the best, most productive me.
It goes a little something like this.
When alarm clock goes off, remember that coffee will make everything better.
Drag self out of bed.
Make coffee.
Get dressed to go on a walk/exercise.
Drink coffee and have a quiet time.
Go on walk/exercise in some way.
Shower & get dressed in real clothes.
Put on cute apron and do chores.
After chores are done. Do whatever I feel like doing. Nap. Create. Watch tv. Blog. Whatev.
Throw in a couple meals and that’s what my days look like.
What about you? Does having a routine help you? What are your daily priorities?
PS… I know there are some lurkers out there….feel free to chime in. I’d love to get to know ya.
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I wish I could stay home all day and have a daily routine like you. But I dont, but someday I will hopefully! I wish I could wake up and go on a walk on the greenbelt EVERY morning, that would make me VERY happy!!
Yah, but what do you do in the morning? Do you have a routine or a way that you do things during the day?
the only day i really have a routine is on saturdays, since tyler and i both dont work. we wake up, make breakfast, go walk on the greenbelt (if its warm enough), clean, take showers and then go out and do whatever.and mornings i really dont have a routine. i just roll out of bed, get ready, then go to work lol. pretty boring.
gotcha. That was pretty much my routine too.
gotcha. That was pretty much my routine too.
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