Comments on: How decision fatigue is wearing down your homeschool

By: amanda

amanda

I like this!! I have been noticing I prefer to do the least amount I need to, which sounds horrible, but I also really value unstructured time for my kids because they are all still young. A lot like Jamie, I structure time more than content and make it a goal to cover the 3 R’s by 2. We have a routine of doing our readalouds over lunch. Having a routine with plenty of margin allows us to get it done without much thought.

By: Talena Krull

Talena Krull

I wish I could explain to my husband that decision fatigue is a real thing! He looks at me like I’m crazy when he asks what he should order for dinner and I burst into tears! Ha!

By: momofsix

momofsix

For me deciding what we are going to have for meal is the most difficult. I love to cook, and do fine, as long as I have a plan. So my biggest help is to plan meals for a month at a time, it’s a pain at the time, but the boys help come up with a list, then we fit them in where it works best. When the boys were younger I would write a list of what they needed to do on a post it note, stick it on the stack of books, and they would check off as they got things done. Now that they are 15 and 12, I usually give them X amount that needs done for the week. Then they can do it how they like as long as they are done at the end of the week.

By: Billie

Billie

In reply to Jennifee.

Jennifee she wrote a post about it here: http://amongstlovelythings.com/first-things
Hope that helps!

By: Claire

Claire

In reply to Sarah Mackenzie. Very impressive schedule! Really need to try something like that

By: Billie

Billie

In reply to Jennifee. Same question from me!

By: Jennifee

Jennifee

I love your blog and I appreciate these tips so much. But I have a question. If you let your children determine in what order they do their subjects, how do you avoid a situation where multiple children need your help at the same time? And if that’s unavoidable, how do you keep the kids you are unable to help at that moment moving along so that their school day doesn’t come to a grinding halt while they wait for you to be available to them?

By: Kate

Kate

I’m kind of a newbie, as this is our first year of first grade and pre-school at home, but I’ve actually been packing lunch each day for my kids. Everyone gets the same thing and they each get their own little bento box. It might seem silly, but it saves a lot of digging around in the fridge and cupboards. Also, I’ve been working on planning meals a week in advance and grocery shopping online (delivery!) so that I don’t have to wander the grocery store getting things I don’t need.

By: Mandi

Mandi

Love this. However, most of the time, I’m not a frog eater first. If I know I have to eat frog, I put almost EVERYTHING off until I’m starving. If you catch what I’m saying. Generally speaking, I like the snowball method better. Start with the smallest or easiest task and have it done. Then the next. You build momentum and feel like you are accomplishing things. And then I’ve got more confidence for the dark, looming task.
Of course, sometimes, you know the frog is there, you might as well eat it.

By: sarah

sarah

We stared using spiral notebooks (after learning about it from your blog) at the beginning of this school year and it really has been a game changer. When I write it out in the evening, I am thinking so much clearer than I am in the middle of the day while craziness is happening all around me.

I love the idea shelf, I NEED this in my life! I tend to jot down ideas, but they are unorganized and in random places so they are hard to find when I actually want them. Plus, I tend to be impulsive and want to change things at any given moment, this would be a good discipline for me.