THE SURVIVAL PLAN
Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.—from Matthew 6:34
I am in the midst of an incredibly busy season: a long lesson on the circulatory system, intensive study for teaching a workshop on herbal medicine-making, said workshop, a day in the kindergarten classroom, a regatta, eight rehearsals, two dress rehearsals, the performance, packing for a long-planned trip, the trip, another workshop...
I looked at my monthly planner, and the days were covered thickly with assignments and deadlines. ‘There’s no room to breathe!’ I moaned to my mother. I was going to crash and burn.
Unless I did something to prevent it.
So I streamlined my daily plan to put a hold on Latin lessons, long practice sessions on my recorder, pages of journaling, most emailing and virtually all online surfing {except for daily checks of The Thinking Housewife and Ambleside Online, and a weekly movie on the Bored Shorts channel}.
But I knew that long hours of research and typing at the computer would be mentally and physically depleting, and made sure I didn’t panic over deadlines and cut out all restorative recreation: I am still spending an hour outside in the mornings to read, recite and pray. I am spending ten minutes playing a Renaissance dance. I am going to make sure I have a little exercise out of doors. I am going to need cold compresses for my eyes by the end of the day!
{SURVIVAL PLAN}
The mission statement of the survival plan remains the same as always: Remember to include in the circle of my day—communion with Jehovah God; grace-filled interaction with family and friends; some advancement in my studies; a little play for the soul, whether in reading, dancing or dreaming.
{MORNING}
•get up by 6 o’clock
•make bed, tidy room
•wash, comb and dress
•take morning vitamins
•breakfast
•sweep kitchen
•tidy living room
•check water and feed for chickens
•recitation, Bible reading, prayer
•read one chapter from library book
•brew a cup of hot tea
•study herbal medicine
{AFTERNOON}
•take afternoon vitamins
•eat lunch out of doors, if day is fine
•practice one song on the recorder
•rehearse play The Florist Shop {three times weekly}
•send important emails
•eat a fresh fruit
•study herbal medicine
{EVENING}
•walk around the park {every other day}
•take evening vitamins
•dinner, wash dishes
•have a glass of raw milk
•study herbal medicine
•cold compresses on eyes, eye drops, hot shower, moisturizing
•lights out before 10 o’clock
{WEEKLY}
•journal
•transcribe poem
•publish blog post {twice weekly}
•enter receipts, pay bills
•make dinner
•wash hair
•iron laundry {every three weeks}
• detail from The Scream by Edvard Munch •
November 29, 2013