Ever feel like you can’t get moving and everything is sooooo overwhelming? Yeah. That’s me, right now. And I usually get it after a long break. It’s like the engine died and can’t be revived. And the longer the engine is dormant, the more effort it take to get it up and moving again.
That’s one other reason that we do not take long school breaks but school all year round on a six week-school-one-week-break cycle. And you thought it was so that the children will not forget what they have learnt in school!
I don’t know what other people do but for me, to get out of the rut, I force myself to start making lists and then break them down to smaller lists and then JUST DO IT. Writing out the things I need to do allows me to do a brain dump instead of having 5-6 things floating around in my mind! Breaking down each task makes it easier for me to process methodically it instead of freezing in panic.
I know that once I start tackling my list bit by bit, the motivation will return and even if it doesn’t, at least I am ticking things off my list, ya? This is especially helpful for me where housework is concerned. Once I see clutter removed, shelves organised, I get motivated to press on.
The other thing I do is to look critically at my day and see what needs to be changed or improved. And biggest thing that needs to be improved on this season of our lives is how we do mealtimes.
I am looking into teaching the middles to step up as my meal helpers. The older 2 have been a tremendous help in this area for the last two years but it is time to pass on the baton. Their schoolwork and outside activities have slowly but surely been increasing and the middles are more than ready to start learning to take over. But I tell you, inertia is hard to fight! It is much easier to holler for the older two than to teach a new group of helpers! But this backfires on me because when the older ones are not around, I will have to interrupt my work to do the meal preparations.
Now excuse me while I go find the motivation to do what I wrote 🙂