Woot! It’s feeling fulfilled Friday on MamaBlogga, part of the October Group Writing Project! Here’s how it works:
- Make a list of things that make you feel accomplished (but aren’t so huge that they take more than a day or a week)
- During the week, try to focus on those things that help us feel accomplished
- Report on feeling fulfilled Friday
- Post on your blog and submit on the form for a chance to win an Amazon gift card in the GWP this month!
My week: this week we started a home-preschool co-op with a couple other families in our neighborhood. Rebecca’s still a little young for the class, but we’ve been working on the lessons at home. In fact, there’s even a curriculum for Rachel (who turned four months on Tuesday!). Her curriculum involves reading her a story, scriptures and a poem, listening to Mozart, playing games (this week, little piggies) and nursery rhymes.
For Rebecca and Hayden, they learn letters, numbers, shapes, colors and a little vocabulary. Hayden is excelling so far—for the first time, he’s really eager to write the letter A all by himself. Rebecca, on the other hand, enjoys spending time together, but of course a lot of the lessons don’t “stick.” She’s only two, though; I don’t expect her to learn everything.
Teaching the kids something new is on my accomplishment list—but, notably, their learning something is not. When I made my list, I thought of a lot more things than what I put on there. It’s hard not to feel accomplished when the kids are angels, do whatever I want, and prove that they are the geniuses I’m convinced they are. And of course it’s okay to have those things on your list—it’s your list. For me, though,those things are out of my control, and feeling accomplished—and fulfilled—is too important to leave up to the mercy of my children’s whims.
What do you think? Would/did you include things that are out of your control on your accomplishment list?
And don’t forget: Post about your FFF and enter to win!