I was catching up with my Podcast listening after the mayhem of February and settling in of this month. It was while listening to my favourite ladies at the Happier podcast that it occurred to me some mindfulness would be a good thing to add to my life. And, most importantly, it wouldn’t require a great deal of effort on my part to do.
I thought I would join in with their weekly gold star and demerits by doing my own here. So, here’s my first entry.
We’ll start off the week with a Happiness Demerit.
Moving house is my demerit for the week. Not the actual move, or the house, but the aftermath of moving and the sheer volume of stuff that gets accumulated. Having that accumulated stuff sitting around the place waiting for a home is the demerit. I’ve discovered that living in untidy or disorganised spaces really adds a large amount of stress to my life – and therefore makes me unhappy.
In the effort to get our home ed back in to a routine I reduced the amount of time I was spending on tidying up, finding new homes and generally getting rid of unwanted items. And while it’s done a great job of getting our routines back in place, it’s done nothing to make me happy in our new home. So this week I think I need to intentionally focus on clearing one room at a time, and encouraging everyone else to keep the usual clearing and cleaning workload to a minimum.
Now taking us up from that is this week’s Gold Star.
I’m giving my star to the new curriculum that I’ve chosen for our home ed this year.
It’s working for me on so many levels and the kids are engaged in all the aspects of it so far. It’s also really nice to have a simple, clear plan of what to cover. Even nicer is the fact that it involves good quality literature, and I’ve been able to indulge in some Book Depository purchasing. Thanks to the folk of Build Your Library for helping to make this year go along with a nice, gentle routine.
