"A Plan for Joy in the Home" is my answer to all of the homeschooling families I meet who are overwhelmed and just not happy with the way things have been going.
This workbook was born out of my desire to help these families make a plan for their day so that they can focus on more important things.
There is nothing that can take joy away faster than a disorganized, harried mother.
If these things sound familiar to you, chances are you are in need of a bit of organizing and a Plan for Joy made just for your family's needs.
Through the use of this plan, you should find yourself much more in control of your day, and hopefully joy will come more naturally to you. The less stressed you are, the more joyful you can be and the more you can spread that joy to others.
Don't just assume it is going to happen! So many people think they can't live off of a schedule. I will admit, rarely does my day go exactly as it was planned. However, having a basic structure to your entire day will help you to:
The idea here is that you have a backbone or a spine to your day so that if you feel harried, you can look to your schedule and gain your bearings once again.
You definitely need to be flexible with this, but I cannot stress enough how important it is to have some sense of order to your day.
God is orderly. Look around you and you can't deny it. This begs the important question:
Why wouldn't He want us to be orderly, too?
Organize these five basic areas of your life
and then you don't have to think about them as much and you can get on to thinking about more important things.
Now is the time to take the big step and get your own, tailor-made, Plan for JOY.
Here's what women who have made their own Plan for Joy have to say. I can tell you it has helped many a homeschooling mother regain some sanity!
"Laura's workbook was just the motivation I needed to get organized for back to school. Her ideas really got my wheels turning and helped me create a great schedule for our family and new chore charts for my children. Thanks, Laura!"
~Mary F.
"Thank you for taking the time to do this. It is a real gift for me. I knew it needed to be done, thank you for providing the backbone for the needed organization in my home."
~Ginny D.
"Your schedules and list of chores are very helpful for me to see and help figure out what I should do and give to the children to help me."
~Therese S.
"I came away with an individualized plan! Very practical."
~ Mary Beth H.