Productivity

I've been doing a terrible job of being productive these days. It might be because of the holidays. It might feel like life needs to be slow right now. I know it has to be bad when the nine year old states that we need to get back to doing jobs. She's completely right. I've been thinking to get back to routines next week.

Creativity

Maybe a little creativity will help with being organized as well.

10 Ways to Teach Creativity

Project Management Skills

5/27/15
today i noticed that in the case of working on her purse our oldest daughter has done a fabulous job of  consistently working on it each day and coming up with a plan for the next session each time she finishes for the day. i have never been like that. it's odd to me that she has done this because she is one of my kids that struggles with other things that signal executive functioning issues. so, not sure what to think. on the other hand, she loves to plan things - especially events and productions. so, like i said, not sure what to think. i told her today that i was impressed with her project management skills. i've been talking with her brothers about learning to follow through with a plan and be consistent. i think we're going to start calling it project management skills from now on.

Productivity

I need to figure out a way to be more productive. There are so many things that need to get done and so many more things that I'd like to do that I just can't understand why I feel like I'm not able to accomplish things. The problem is in the days when I have time to be flexible with...to work with so to speak. I don't know if I ever learned how to structure my time or what. But, I need to figure something out in order to accomplish a few things and feel like I am capable of accomplishing something. I've heard the rumor/theory that if you accomplish a few things you start feeling 'accomplished'. You begin to have the confidence it takes to finish the next project or task. I'm not sure how to make that work for me. I've never learned it and still haven't figured it out. Maybe that journey is more of what this blog is about...how to actually accomplish - no matter how small.

Future Role

There were a couple of times this evening that I felt like I got a taste of being a single parent. I was the one in charge of things and getting everything done. Layne had chemo today - so, it was all me. I'm not looking forward to the role that I get to play in the future. We'll just have to make it work.

Decisions

I've been thinking about what to do with this blog. I want to have a place where I share decisions and how I came to them. I also want a space to explore helping children (or others) make decisions. I like the idea of learning more and sharing more about how decisions are made, how the brain works, and what factors go into decision making. It intrigues me and I struggle with it. I need to learn how to make decisions that I can feel confident with and stick to when it comes down to crunch time.
Most of what I'm researching and making decisions about right now are how we learn and how I can help my children learn. So, that might be the topic that is most consistent. Maybe. I haven't decided yet.