Flylady's habit of the month is getting dressed to shoes every morning. Well, I already do that; it's a well ingrained habit for me. I don't wear lace-ups; I wear croc-like shoes in the house. Included in getting dressed to shoes is not wearing jammies. I make sure I have my undergarments on and socks on my feet. I do my hair and makeup. Even jewelry. I've learned that just because I'm always at home that doesn't mean that I have to look like a slob! Getting dressed as if I were going out helps me to get a lot more done around the house. I feel more productive. This is even becoming a habit for my children now.
I am reading two months of Regina Leed's new book this month. I am reading January and March. She has included some special features in this book that I know I am going to love. The first is a habit for each month. January's habit is to drink two glasses of water a day; this is to get us on a good start toward drinking 8 glasses of water each and every day. March's habit is to file away the papers for just 5 minutes each day. I have a drawer in my desk that I just throw the papers in as I finish with them - entering them into the computer, adding the information to the calendar, etc. I also have a box of filing (or 2) downstairs from just after we moved into this house. We moved here in April of 2007. I would like to think that by working on my filing 5 - 15 minutes a day that I could get all of that mess put away into files as well.
The second cool tool in Regina Leed's One Year to an Organized Financial Life are just that - TOOLS. January's tool is a financial notebook. I'm not entirely sure what this is going to be used for, but I have set aside a section of a three subject notebook for this purpose. I suspect it will be for journaling throughout the year about money and the process we are on of getting organized in this very important area of our lives. March's TOOL is music. She says to use music to help get through the hard work that may be required in getting organized. Whether you like fast dance music or classic rock or Mozart's symphonies it doesn't matter. Play what music motivates you and gets you in the mood to organize!
Also, I am hoping to get us on a scheduled routine. I want regular get up times and regular go down times. I want a rest time every day for everybody. I want schoolwork happening every morning and maybe into the afternoon. I want less media (tv, computer, etc) and more play and reading. (A more specific goal is reading aloud to the children 3 times a week.)
There are so many other organizing things I am implementing specifically in the area of homeschooling. I want to regularly record what homeschooling we do. I want to get us memorizing Scriptures and poetry. I want us to play music together - such as singing together the girls' choir songs. These things will develop over the course of the next few months, but I will be starting on them now.
Striving to learn and live God's purposes,
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