In talking with Thorn last weekend, she referred to the Egyptian concept of time. They measure days in hours, like we do, but in summer time the hour lasts longer than in winter - its still called an hour, and for all their concerns, is still the same hour, but because the days are longer, the hour is longer. Thorn thinks of it like time breathing and I really like this idea!
I think this is a useful concept for parents. I've used it with meeting my son's dietary needs. He will just not eat a balanced daily diet, but give me a week and I'll make sure he's gotten enough greens, proteinn, etc. Some nights he'll eat nothing but chicken and salad, but other nights he just wants pasta - not even with sauce! The only thing he'll always ever eat is desert, so as long as he's eaten all his dinner, what ever that may be, I let him have a little sweet. This is a common tactic, I know, but I think it can apply to planning while raising kids.
Let your planning time breathe with your current state. Allow the daily list to expand into a monthly list Give yourself an entire week just to make the list instead of an hour.
My house cleaning cycle has become enough to get by until company comes over. And I used to make Martha Stewart look like a slob. I used to think that poem about the kids leaving hand prints was ridiculous - who would care so much about handprints? But now I realize how symbolic it is - the amount of disarray and dirt a kid can leave behind in just an hour is a wonder!
You can live in dirt, it won't hurt - you can even be a little crazy, aren't we all? And take out, stir fry and pre-cut, prepped veggies in plastic bags from the store will help with the hunger, but your friends will never go away because your priority is being a mom.
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Have your cake and eat it too, otherwise, why have cake?
Date: 2008-12-15 06:58 pm (UTC)I think this is a useful concept for parents. I've used it with meeting my son's dietary needs. He will just not eat a balanced daily diet, but give me a week and I'll make sure he's gotten enough greens, proteinn, etc.
Some nights he'll eat nothing but chicken and salad, but other nights he just wants pasta - not even with sauce! The only thing he'll always ever eat is desert, so as long as he's eaten all his dinner, what ever that may be, I let him have a little sweet. This is a common tactic, I know, but I think it can apply to planning while raising kids.
Let your planning time breathe with your current state. Allow the daily list to expand into a monthly list Give yourself an entire week just to make the list instead of an hour.
My house cleaning cycle has become enough to get by until company comes over. And I used to make Martha Stewart look like a slob. I used to think that poem about the kids leaving hand prints was ridiculous - who would care so much about handprints? But now I realize how symbolic it is - the amount of disarray and dirt a kid can leave behind in just an hour is a wonder!
You can live in dirt, it won't hurt - you can even be a little crazy, aren't we all? And take out, stir fry and pre-cut, prepped veggies in plastic bags from the store will help with the hunger, but your friends will never go away because your priority is being a mom.