Let's be honest, summertime as a mama and juggling your business or working full time is tough. It's tough mentally, but also scheudling-wise. You want to be present for everything, be the "FUN" mom who is saying yes and creating this magical summer for your kids.
Thanks to the ever- present reminder from social media of just how short our summers with our kids are, it puts so much pressure on us to lay everything down and just do all the things to keep our kids entertained and make every memory magical.
But with the right balance in the way of structure and routine it can start to suffocate you a little.
I will be the first to tell you that I thrive off of routine and in the summer it's nice to be a little more lax about our daily schedule. However, too much lax makes my kids LAZY and lack motivation to achieve even the simplest of things.
What I came up with for my family is simple, but effective and includes things like daily habits that they NEED to accomplish for basic hygiene and care. I then added in some other things that they get credit for- like scripture memory, one lesson a day to keep their brains active, one chore a day from a chore jar with age appropriate chores and encourages behaviors that care for the things they have, like cleaning their rooms daily.
Maybe this is for you, maybe it's not but I hope you find this episode encouraging this summer as you shift the way you work, the way you mom and accomplish daily things so that you can enjoy summer without feeling overwhelmed to have it all together. Some things will get set to the side and that's 100% expected unless you have a team behind you!
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