The Summer Schedule And MIT’s!

Each end of the school year brings us to those glorious warm, long, sunny days where we can’t wait to get dressed and run outside to play.

My schedule is much looser in the summer months, but I still find it is worthwhile to have some kind of guide to get us through the days. Or my kids I become lazy. And not much gets done. And it is much harder to get on a schedule again when school starts. So this week I have set out to tackle a summer schedule that works for me.

When making up a schedule, I find it is easier to map out a few goals first. This helps me actually determine what to do with our time and have a purpose for our days.I have a tendency to have a lot of goals.  More than I will probably ever accomplish in a life time. I LOVE to set goals.  But this year I decided to take the MIT approach.

MIT stands for Most Important Tasks. Basically it is a few things that are most important to you that need to get done before anything else. These things become your focus for the day. And if nothing else gets done but these few things, it is perfectly ok. For an over achiever like myself, this is a great way to keep it simple.

The goal of setting MIT’s is that you limit yourself to a list of 3-5 things. Some people set new tasks everyday, but I decided that I will set some MIT’s for the summer that are a daily focus. My schedule will revolve around these things. Here are my summer MIT’s:

::Read God’s Word in the morning and evening each day followed by prayer time

::Bible/Hymn/Scripture memorization daily with children

::Exercise- walk each day with children, weights 3x a week

::Stay on cleaning schedule

::Plan a weekly outreach as a family

It was little difficult limiting myself to just five things. I have so many things I want to get done! But I kept asking myself, does it matter if I get this one thing done over the other? I have a book list I’d like to get through with my children, a bird study I’d like to do, some sewing, and many little projects that come to mind.Those things may or may not get done, but at least the important things will remain in focus for us. When I look back on our summer, I will be happy to see that we stuck to what was most important, like time in God’s Word, reaching out to others, maintaining a clean and orderly home, and staying healthy even if not much else gets done.

So with that in mind,  here is a rough draft of our summer schedule:

6:00 Awake, make husband’s lunch

6:30 Moms prayer/Bible time

7:00 Get ready for the day,

7:30 Children up, Breakfast

8:00 Am cleanup/kids chores

9:00 Family Bible/prayer/hymn/scripture

9:30 Walk

10:00 Snack/Free time

12:00 Lunch

12:30-3:00 Free time

3:00 Snack

4:00 Dinnner Prep

4:30 Dinner

5:00 Family Time

7:00 Baths/cleanup

7:30 Family Devotions

8:00 Children to bed

8:30 Scott and I study together*

9:00 Mom read Bible/prayer

Bed time

We have set Fridays as our weekly outreach day. During our free time, I’d like to fit in a few projects throughout the summer as we are able, but only after the MIT’s and IF it fits into our day without disturbing those things.

Also you will notice our children have an early bed time.They are not required to go to sleep at that time, just be in bed. My husband and I have set a goal to become more unified in our marriage and after discussing what this looks like, we decided that we needed to have some time to study and discuss things together without interruption (aka children!)! I am not sure if this evening schedule will work out, since he is so tired after a long day so we may have to adjust it. This month we are reading a book together, and in July we are participating in a Bible study together. I am very excited for it!

Do you have a summer schedule or set goals for the summer months? I’d love to hear about it! Share about your schedule/goals in the comments and if you have one posted, leave a link so we can all visit and be inspired!

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