A Wife and Mom's Rule of Life: Second P - Person (Taking care of you!)
Review of Objective
With the 2nd
P you are initially ensuring you that you make a schedule to get what you need
– for your body and your spirit.
Those items not already covered in your First P.
“Christ
has no body but yours, no hands, no feet on earth but yours.” – St. Teresa
of Avila
“I knew Jesus himself took time away from his public ministry to be alone with His Father, and his job was more important than mine.” – Holly Pierlot
“I knew Jesus himself took time away from his public ministry to be alone with His Father, and his job was more important than mine.” – Holly Pierlot
And, because family life is lived in common, much of what
you organize now will be the same for each member of your family.
Book Reference
Read A Mother’s Rule of Life, Chapter 4, “The Second P: Person”
Read A Mother’s Rule of Life, Chapter 4, “The Second P: Person”
Instructions
1. Pray:
Come, Holy Spirit. Come by the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Your well-beloved spouse. I pray that this time and my steps are ordered toward You, Lord, as I discern Your Will for our family and create my rule. I commit and entrust myself wholly to Your guidance, expecting You to cause my thoughts to become agreeable to Your will, so my planning will be blessed and these efforts will bear fruit. I ask this through Christ, Our Lord, Amen.
Come, Holy Spirit. Come by the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Your well-beloved spouse. I pray that this time and my steps are ordered toward You, Lord, as I discern Your Will for our family and create my rule. I commit and entrust myself wholly to Your guidance, expecting You to cause my thoughts to become agreeable to Your will, so my planning will be blessed and these efforts will bear fruit. I ask this through Christ, Our Lord, Amen.
2.
Assess Personal Needs (Physical, Emotional, and
Psychological). This is going to include
documenting your daily routines on the following Routines Worksheet for both you and your children. You will set specific times for each
activity; some will be daily, others weekly or monthly.
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How much do I sleep every night? Is it enough?
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What are basic hygiene and grooming tasks I must
do daily, how often? Can I do them
before or after meals? (repeat this process for the children)
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How can I get my body moving and in shape? What forms of exercise would I like to do
more? How, when, where, can I do
this? Can the children do any of this
with me?
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How often do I think is reasonable for me to get
out with friends? Do I prefer
socialization to be regular or spontaneous?
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What hobbies or other forms of recreation do I
need to engage in each day to help balance and help relieve stress?
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When would there be a natural time for me to do
these things? When the kids are in bed?
During their nap time? After supper?
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“By carefully
caring for our physical health, we remove any unnecessary burdens on our
spirits.”
– Holly Pierlot |
2nd P – MOMS ROUTINES WORKSHEET
Daily
Weekly or Monthly?
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MOM
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How Much Time?
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When?
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Where will children be?
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Sleep
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Take
Temperature & Chart
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Vitamins
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Morning
Hygiene
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Evening
Hygiene
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Shower/Bathe
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Time
with Friends / Family with Children
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Time
with Friends / Family without Children
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Exercise
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Hair
Cut
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Hobby
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2nd P -
CHILDREN ROUTINES WORKSHEET
Daily Weekly or Monthly
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CHILDREN
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WHO?
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HELPER?
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HOW MUCH TIME?
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WHEN?
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Sleep
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Morning Hygiene
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Evening Hygiene
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Baths / Showers
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Naps / Quiet Time
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Exercise
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Vitamins
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Play Dates
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Hair Cuts
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Manicure / Pedicure
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3. Now add to your schedule. There are extra templates in the appendix, should
you prefer a different layout or you can download the word documents at www.thebigchristianfamily.com
if you’d like to type them up or customize.
Support / Accountability
What supporting helps do you want or need to create to help ensure your success and/or remind you and keep you accountable?
- Confirm these plans with your spouse?
- Have a family meeting to review this plan with your whole family?
- Hang the schedule on the refrigerator or easily accessible placed?
- Set reminders on your phone or computer?
- Make an appointment on your desktop calendar?
- Confirm any regularly scheduled play dates?
- Create and hang kid-readable with pictures to-do lists?
- Fill out the Examen Template (in the appendix) for you to evaluate daily during a scheduled prayer time, to check if you are following through on your 1st P commitments.
Do these.
2.
Start.
Begin immediately. The next
timeslot that arrives, stop everything and just do it.
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"...Remembering
here that we're trying to live a Rule and not just a schedule, it's
important to try to call to mind at the beginning of each new time frame
that you're doing all of this as a response to the call of God."
- Holly Pierlot
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Taking it Further
List of additional resources applicable to the section, if desired
List of additional resources applicable to the section, if desired
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Menu Planning – plan healthful and more cost
effective meals
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Additional Reading:
-Boundaries: When to say yes, how to say no, to take control of your life
NEED?
-Boundaries: When to say yes, how to say no, to take control of your life
NEED?
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