31 - Set Your Family Up for a Peaceful AND Productive Summer
June 5, 2022
In this episode, Katie and Graham talk through ideas on how to make this summer both peaceful and productive for your family. Katie is the expert planner and while it may seem counterintuitive to plan out what we call a "break," if we fail to plan, we could be setting ourselves up for squandering an awesome opportunity that we have to set our kids and ourselves on a great trajectory. Remember Paul's words from Ephesians 5:16 to make the most of every opportunity -- summer is one of those opportunities! On the other hand, we don't want to try to accomplish so much that we get overwhelmed. Join us as we look ahead to the summer and how we can make a great use of it and end the summer knowing that we've used it well and have honored the LORD!
In this episode, Katie and Graham talk through ideas on how to make this summer both peaceful and productive for your family. Katie is the expert planner and while it may seem counterintuitive to plan out what we call a "break," if we fail to plan, we could be setting ourselves up for squandering an awesome opportunity that we have to set our kids and ourselves on a great trajectory. Remember Paul's words from Ephesians 5:16 to make the most of every opportunity -- summer is one of those opportunities! On the other hand, we don't want to try to accomplish so much that we get overwhelmed. Join us as we look ahead to the summer and how we can make a great use of it and end the summer knowing that we've used it well and have honored the LORD!
Some topics we cover include:
Some topics we cover include:
- Planning but not so much that we get overwhelmed.
- Looking ahead at the calendar and blocking off the big events.
- Using our goal planning sheets (you can find these on our website at https://strategicfamilies.com/summer-planning-for-your-family/
- The concept of the "twice-tolling clock" - from the book A Gentleman in Moscow (by Amor Towles) -- being productive in the morning and more reflective in the afternoon.
- Helping our kids become producers and not just consumers.
- Perspective from Andy Crouch's The Tech-Wise Family -- following the biblical model of work & rest, versus what we often engage in: toil and leisure
- Categories to think through regarding setting your kids & family up for success: hygiene, Bible, kitchen chore, household chore, exercise, academic, creation, and other.
- Tim Keller's definition of God-honoring work as that which "contributes to human flourishing"
- Rotating kitchen & household chores
- Helping our kids get jobs in the neighborhood
- Encouragement on and challenges to what we've seen along the way
Resources:
- A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles
- The Tech-Wise Family, by Andy Crouch
Music:
- Intro: Life of a Traveler, by Black Rhomb (License #3565685)
- Outtro: Avocado Street, by Wes Hutchinson (Courtesy of YouTube Music)
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