Expectations

I've recently realized that I need to change my expectations for when I come home.  The list is horribly long and honestly unattainable.  For the sanity of myself and to save my family from a crazy women - I'm adjusting my expectations.  If we have too high expectations then we are setting ourselves up for failure.  I can feel it in my heart now... I KNOW these things that I *want* to get done are not actually going to get done and it's only going to send me into despair.  I need to evaluate what things actually *need* to get done and then have a list of "if you have time do these things".  (Cause we all know SAHM have a ton of extra time on their hands!).

 

Below were my beginning expectations and then follows my revised ones :) Enjoy!

 

Previous Expectations:
Have a clean house every day
Do one load of laundry, fold and put away every day
Exercise 60 minutes 6 times a week
Organize all my 'stuff' in the spare bedroom (gifts, pictures, books, avon stuff, candles, etc, etc, etc)
Vacuum the entire house once a week
Work on helping my children achieve self-control (ie- sitting through a church service quietly)
Create and loosely stick to a menu plan (Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner)
Require first time (or at least second time) obedience from my children.
Begin a daily quiet time with God
Exercise for at least 30 minutes - 3 to 4 times a week.
Get a shower every day (ok at least every other day)
Sweep the kitchen at least twice a week
Work on helping my children achieve self-control (ie- sitting through a church service quietly)

 

Current Expectations:
Create and loosely stick to a menu plan (Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner)
Require first time (or at least second time) obedience from my children.
Begin a daily quiet time with God
Exercise for at least 30 minutes - 3 to 4 times a week.
Get a shower every day (ok at least every other day)
Sweep the kitchen at least twice a week
Work on helping my children achieve self-control (ie- sitting through a church service quietly)

And recently revised expectations:

• Create and loosely stick to a menu plan (Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner)
• Require first time (or at least second time) obedience from my children.
• Begin a daily quiet time with God
• Work on helping my children achieve self-control (ie- sitting through a church service quietly)