How do I relax?

I am a recovering box-checker, and understand your frustrations.  I haven’t read all of the other responses, so if I repeat, please forgive me.

I am trying this with more and more success this year – plan your week by writing out what you want to accomplish for the week rather than individual days.  For instance, I have MUS written down for 3x’s per week, mental math for 2x’s per week, Vi Hart or other mathish YouTube videos 1x, and a dictation-type geometry drawing book 1x all for our math.  I write what is to be done  in MUS on M in my planner, then on W and F I have their initials so they can check it off when they are done.  This helps me to make sure that I have checked all of their work for MUS and keeps them accountable.  Sometimes they do W’s work on Th or T.  Sometimes we do all of our mental math in one day along with the video AND the geometry drawing.  It works.  It’s all getting done, and it’s what must happen right now for our family situation.

The only thing that I haven’t really figured out is Bible and Family history reading.  I still write down exactly what we are to read, but again, more than one may be checked off in a day.  The only thing that I insist upon is that if we do more than one day’s worth of Bible in a day, we don’t do it all in one go.  I still mix things up a bit to keep the brain fresh.

If we have something that isn’t completed in a week, I simply either move it to the next week, or more often than not, will write, “Catch up on history” for as many days as I need the following week.  It works, the work is getting done, the girls are happy and learning, and I am relaxing and unwinding a little more each day.

Blessings to you as you figure out this process.

@blue j

please share the geometry drawing book title.

thanks