Reward Yourself and Take Care of Yourself

Getting Organized:
In your home and homeschool
In the course of talking to many homeschool moms over the years, I find that most of them put everyone else first, and they often neglect taking care of themselves and rewarding themselves. This is a a recipe for burn-out and martyrdom.
You are probably thinking that I have already written about this topic, and I think it is important enough to mention again. If you neglect yourself to the point that you are not physically well, you have to evaluate when you can do to change that.
Several years ago, I was overweight with a list of health concerns. Does that surprise you? I was on prescription medication for several things. I was not good at telling people the word, “No.” I tried to please people and take care of my family. In the process, I neglected my health.
After a doctor’s visit to increase one of my medications yet again, I decided it was time to make some changes. I had six children, and four of them were born when I was in my 30’s. I started homeschooling when I was pregnant with baby number 4. I helped take care of elderly family members. I had a lot of things going on, but I was unhealthy. I did not want to continue on that path. I did not say, “No,” often enough to others.
Small changes to my routines helped me to successfully take charge of my health. I weaned myself off sodas. I changed some of the foods I ate. I started drinking more water. I added in exercise. If I had done all of this at once, I would have likely failed. But I did them one at a time, and I still work at tweaking things.
Your body gets conditioned to certain things. It adapts, and that is when you have to look at ways to change things up. If you are accustomed to a certain amount of movement each day, your body will get used to it. So you have to vary your exercise routines. You have to vary the amount of time you spend or what you are doing with your exercising.You have to change things up with your diet, too. Your metabolism slows down as you age. So what you ate in your 20’s and 30’s might not work as well in the same amounts in your 40’s.

Rewarding yourself and pampering yourself should also be a part of your regular routine. As you probably have guessed, my schedule is busy. I still take time to soak in the tub a couple of times a week. I take a few minutes each day to read for pleasure. I plan dates with my husband to have fun with him.
It’s hard being “all work” all the time. Write down a list of things you can do to better take care of yourself. Set some small goals. Move more.
Drink more water. Rest more. Play more. Eat better. You want to model this for your children.
Your Zone Mission for today is to shine your bathroom sinks and counter tops. Throw things away for 5 minutes.
Your Home Blessing for today is to declutter paper and magazines.
My menu plan for Thursday is chicken and veggies.
Have a wonderful day!
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About Tami

Tami Fox is a homeschool mom of 6, who in age from 26 to 11. She and her husband have homeschooled for 17 years and have graduated three of their children from their homeschool. They are currently homeschooling 3 boys who are in grades 11, 9, and 6. They use hands-on learning and unit studies to ignite the fire of learning in their children. Tami is a homeschool author and conference speaker. You can contact her by email at Tami@TamiFox.com. Buy her book, Giving Your Children Wings at https://tamifox.net/giving-your-children-wings/.

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