Comments on: Overscheduling and Activity Burnout http://winecountrymom.blogs.santarosamom.com/10364/overscheduling-and-activity-burnout/ Doing the single parent thing since 2004. This is the story of us. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:59:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Shawn http://winecountrymom.blogs.santarosamom.com/10364/overscheduling-and-activity-burnout/comment-page-1/#comment-200 Shawn Sun, 09 Aug 2009 05:09:06 +0000 http://winecountrymom.blogs.santarosamom.com/?p=10364#comment-200 Man- I feel exhausted just reading that... as a single parent too this past year has been especially challenging. How many times did I find out last minute- after a baseball game that a major project for my son was due the next day. As busy as we all get its ofetntimes easy to forget things--- like fall baseball- I forgot to sign him up-- sign ups started in May?! And he wasn't sure if he wanted to play-- maybe its a blessing in disguise as he starts Highschool in a week and a half and will have not only more homework, but band practices and events every home football game.... How do I do it? Schedule- Ever since he was in first grade he's been trained to start hos homework right after school... now he has the added responsibility of doing his set chores around the house as well. Making the most of the time we have fo rthe necessary and building in DOWNtime are key to my sanity--I chip away at all the household stuff daily-Laundry- a load a night;watering/nightly; bathrooms on Wednesday; floors and vacuuming- fri; grocery shop sat am early---etc. You get the idea.. I make it work-though someimes it's stressful-- For what its worth building in and scheudling DOWNTIME is critical to peace of mind. I try to keep either Sat or sun free to have total downtime. Man- I feel exhausted just reading that… as a single parent too this past year has been especially challenging. How many times did I find out last minute- after a baseball game that a major project for my son was due the next day. As busy as we all get its ofetntimes easy to forget things— like fall baseball- I forgot to sign him up– sign ups started in May?! And he wasn’t sure if he wanted to play– maybe its a blessing in disguise as he starts Highschool in a week and a half and will have not only more homework, but band practices and events every home football game….
How do I do it? Schedule- Ever since he was in first grade he’s been trained to start hos homework right after school… now he has the added responsibility of doing his set chores around the house as well.
Making the most of the time we have fo rthe necessary and building in DOWNtime are key to my sanity–I chip away at all the household stuff daily-Laundry- a load a night;watering/nightly; bathrooms on Wednesday; floors and vacuuming- fri; grocery shop sat am early—etc. You get the idea.. I make it work-though someimes it’s stressful–
For what its worth building in and scheudling DOWNTIME is critical to peace of mind.

I try to keep either Sat or sun free to have total downtime.

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