The hardest thing about homeschooling.

I thought when I started homeschooling the hardest thing I would face would be worrying whether my children were getting all the knowledge they needed. Am I using the right curriculum, teaching the right skills, covering enough material in a year? But, no the hardest thing I have faced while homeschooling is finding time for myself. That time when you unplug from being a mom, daughter and wife. When you can be creative and enjoy just doing something for fun.

As I have noted in other posts I love to scrapbook. I have a cabinet full of fun toys to use to create my ideal scrapbook pages. The hard part is finding the time. I always say that Sunday afternoon is my time to scrap, but it hardly ever seems to happen that way.

To get in the creative mood I like to be alone with my music playing and just enjoy the flow of creating. That is hard to do when there are constant interruptions of children, parents and phone calls. I know, I know it sounds selfish and even childish to complain about this. But every other moment of everyday is taken up with doing for everyone else, and that's okay. After a while though I tend to get resentful because everyone else has that time alone but me. I have thought about doing it after the kids go to bed at night, but by then I am to tired to even think about creating. Something is going to have to give. I know I am heading for a burnout.

So my object this week is to find time to create and have my time alone somewhere in our crazy schedule. I wish I just had the demands of my two youngins on me but there is so much more. At times I feel so overwhelmed I can't breathe. I just need to find that healthy balance. I may need a map for that one;)