052: A Mother’s Rule of Life – Person
This week, I’m continuing the conversation based on Holly Pierlot’s book, A Mother’s Rule of Life: How to bring order to your home and peace to your soul. I’m talking about the 2nd “P”: Person–the importance of caring for yourself (mind, body,
This week, I’m continuing the conversation based on Holly Pierlot’s book, A Mother’s Rule of Life: How to bring order to your home and peace to your soul. I’m talking about the 2nd “P”: Person–the importance of caring for yourself (mind, body, and soul).
Links/resources mentioned this episode:
- Unbound Ministry
- Our family schedule (Don’t compare! This is just to show what’s working for our family *now* as an example.)
- Working out your essentials to create your routines:
- Daily Routines (move items to weekly or monthly routines as needed)
- Rest (sleep, naps)
- Hygiene/grooming, allotting time to help kids
- Nutrition (meal prep, meal planning, meal clean-up)
- Exercise (where, when, how)
- Socializing
- Hobbies or recreation
- Work
- Weekly/Monthly Routines
- Daily Routines (move items to weekly or monthly routines as needed)
Questions for you to chew on until next time:
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- Sleep: How many hours of sleep do I really need to be at my best? What’s my new bedtime based on that number? Are naps a good idea for me?
- Exercise: Am I getting enough physical movement? Do I go outside on a regular basis? What part of my day would work for me to incorporate physical movement?
- Nutrition: Am I eating in a way that helps our hurts my body? What’s one change I can implement this week?
- Friendship: Do I have at least one good girlfriend? If not, how can I be that kind of friend to someone this week? What kinds of connection with friends are recharging for me? What works for my season?
- Hobbies: When was the last time
- Work: How is my work schedule working with my family’s schedule? Do I need to make any adjustments (if I can)? Do I need to take on a job to help supplement the family income? How can we make that work?
Next time: Talking about the 3rd P: Partner (Marriage) with my husband, Philip!
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