Just over a year ago, we arrived in Florida to a home that my hubby picked out for us (I had only seen pictures). We had no income, just some savings that seemed to be disappearing way too quickly! We knew that a job would be hard to find. We knew finding a new church might be hard too.
A year later, hubby has two jobs (and crazy hours, but hopefully that will be changing in the fall) and our kids are involved in a homeschool group. We tried a few different churches before we found one that we really liked (and quickly became active members!).
We started out spending a lot of time at the beach, the community pool, checking out playgrounds, more time at the beach. Slowly though, life crept in – hubby’s hours increased (he started out with just a part time job), I started getting some orders on my Etsy shop, we started another year of homeschooling. The beach and playgrounds slowly took a back seat. We didn’t notice it at first, but then the kids commented that we hadn’t been going to the pool as much. So, I made it a point to get to the pool each morning as soon as we were done with school. It was a great motivator! We started planning when we would go to the beach instead of just figuring it would happen. When we knew we would be near a playground, I tried to make sure there would be time to stop and check it out (I’m amazed at how many playgrounds there are near us!).
Even living a simpler life takes planning. We can’t just assume that we’ll do something as a family – we have to plan it. If we don’t, chances are we’ll just sit at home.
What about you? Do you have to plan or are you better at being spontaneous?
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