Scheduling

I'm terrible at scheduling myself. I swear I'm here, and plan to get this blog up and going more, but I just cannot seem to schedule myself right. I've been getting on at night to write, because I like doing our thankfuls right before bed. The problem then is that a. most of the time the kids go to sleep and I realize I haven't done them, so then I don't want to write at all if I don't have them! Or b. I get into bed and I have no idea what to write about and am completely unprepared to write anything and I am too tired to get prepared LOL! So I'm not sure how I'm going to go about fixing this, but I will! If anyone is reading and has ideas, I'd love to hear them!

So far I'm thinking I'll take some 1 on 1 time with Riley, Lily and Jeremiah and spend some time talking about our thankfuls for maybe the previous day. Or I might make it once a week. But if I did it separately, I could use the time Lily and I have during the day for that. We've been having lovely lunches outside (the other day next to the river, it was really nice) all week, so it would be a perfect time for that. And Jeremiah and I usually take some time laying together in the morning while both kids are at school, before he actually gets out of bed, so that might be a good time for it. And I miss my me and Riley time, so sometime after school we should find time to sit down and talk about it. Or if I could get dinner ready before Jeremiah goes to work and we all sit down together for dinner, that could be a good time too. So thankfuls might be changing. Maybe once a week, maybe once a day, maybe each person gets their own day?

My lunches with Lily this week:




As for being prepared, I found this blog that has this great organization system for her family. One of the things I love is that she has a notebook or something she carries around that is specifically labeled "blog ideas", so that as she's going about her day, if she thinks of something she wants to write about (which I do all the time, then forget or just don't prepare for it. By prepare I mean have pictures and such ready to post), she can write it down and remember. And if she doesn't use it that day, she's got a fall back list for other days! I love it! So I definitely think I'll be starting that.

Also, I guess I don't know how often people typically blog. I'll have to research that. Is it every day? Or once a week, or when they feel like it? For me it's nice on the days I have time to write. I would like to be able to do it every day. It's cathartic almost. Like free therapy LOL!

Well, we'll see! As flylady says, "something is better than nothing!" so maybe I just won't worry so much about being prepared and just write, as little, or as much, as I can and work my way up!

Have a great weekend!