Blessings are Great Responsibilities

It's 10pm.  The house is clean.  There are loads of laundry and dishes going and the little one is in bed.  My feet and eyes are tired but tonight my head and heart are filled with joy as I think about the fact that I have the blessed opportunity to work at home while I spend time with my son, Mason tomorrow and every day.  If you had asked me one year ago where I wanted to be the answer to the question would have been here...right here exactly where I am standing.  I'm at home with my husband and my baby.  I'm living my dream, right now.

Today I kept thinking about how important it will be to be responsible with all the freedom that I have.  I remembered this thought also comes from a verse in Luke 12:48.  I like to read a lot from The Message.  In Luke 12:35 - 48, Jesus tells a Parable as instruction to His disciples about what it means to live like "the Master" is coming back.  In Luke 12:48 he closes with, "Great gifts mean great responsibilities; greater gifts, greater responsibilities!" ~ (MSG).  I want to live each day accountable to the blessings and the responsibilities that I have been entrusted with by showing a sense of gratitude and discipline so that I can enjoy all the freedoms I am allowed with it.

With that in mind I made a Daily Schedule for myself to follow every day.  I made it knowing that there may have to be some flexibility on some days, but I will use it as an outline to get things done, and also to put boundaries around my different responsibilities so that I can enjoy my beautiful freedoms, like play times with my son or freedom to stop my work day at around 4:30 so that I can make and enjoy dinner with my family or go the rec center and play. 

I'll let you know how it goes.  It may need a little adjusting and I don't think I'll always be up at 5:00am sharp, but I think it will be a good tool for me to use.  I created a template online and put my own schedule inside.  Originally I thought I would put a schedule outline to share, but decided not to include that part for you.  For myself, I used chunks of one to two hours throughout the day to increase my productivity, but also to allow for feedings and play times with my 6 month old.  Time and schedules are so individual to different families.  I did, however, create a downloadable document for the daily schedule background where you can add your own schedule in writing or via computer if you wish.  I printed out a copy for myself and I also saved one on my computer desktop so that it's always in front of me.  Click on my printables tab above or click here if you would like to make one of your own.  I feel inspired by pretty things so having a pretty schedule to look at made me quite happy.

Now, I'm going to take my tired and responsible self to bed.  5:00am comes early when you have to wake up in the middle of the night. ;)