Since January, I have living in a somewhat schedule-free zone. My schedule has been about running the older boys to and from school, or speech, or Y classes. Other than treatments and swimming, my days have been pretty loose.
This has lead to me doing an amazing job of shifting stuff around into piles on our kitchen island. Sometimes the piles are moved downstairs to my desk. Once in a blue moon, filing occurs.
In other words, I haven't gotten much done. I used to be really good at having set amounts of time to do things, and I would get them done. A schedule! Whether it was work, a project, paying bills, I would know when I planned to do it and it would get done.
I decided Monday that I needed a schedule. My Type-A, Where is My Plan, personality needed a schedule. Even if that schedule involved resting for a little while in the afternoon. Monday started out a little slow (there was stuff that needed to go into piles!). I still was able to spend lots of time with the boys, which has been the best part of my schedule-free lifestyle, but I was also able to start on a project, as well as fit in my half-marathon training and a short swim. It was nice. Felt kind of normal.
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I love a schedule. I tend to get angry if mine is thrown off for too long. Ok, ok... sometimes I get angry if it's perfectly maintained too, but that's less common :).
Make sure you schedule naps and rest!
When we were living in the hospital, we found one of the crazy-making aspects was lack of a schedule. Emily was slowly going crazy (sorry Em), and her Cardiologist assigned the Child Life Specialist to create a poster with Emily with a schedule. We never kept to it, but it was nice to have it so we could change it. :)
I know you must feel so much better with a schedule - especially one that YOU control! Taking some control back must be empowering. I am happy for you!
I look forward to squeezing into your schedule shortly! =)
Schedules are a good thing... especially when they include play time with the boys, naps (for all, including you), and some exercise too! :-)
So glad things feel/felt normal... if only for a moment... you SO deserve it!!! =) Here's to more of those moments. (I'm holding up water, cheers my friend)
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