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Instituting an “Accomplish Nothing” Day

I already mentioned that last week was our week off from school; it turned out to be a great change of pace. As the week went on, I noticed I was still so busy that I couldn’t really relax. Sure, the kids were enjoying their time off, but I didn’t take a break. On Thursday, I decided if I didn’t intentionally take …

September 30, 2015

6 creative ways to survive a bad day

With all the planning and strategies in the world, sometimes everything still manages to fall apart.  Maybe a big problem comes along, but most often it is the little things that add up to the point of becoming overwhelming — lack of sleep, spilled milk, siblings fighting, whining, a broken vase, flour dumped all over the floor. …

2 Comments September 15, 2015

Decision fatigue is real and how to avoid it

The other night, Amazon delivered my new video monitor for the kids’ room.  O how I have missed having one since our old one broke! I could write a whole post on my love for video monitors. Telling the kids to quiet down without having to walk upstairs is one of the best things that …

August 7, 2015

Sometimes all the strategies just aren’t enough

For the past couple weeks, I have felt very tired; physically and emotionally tired. In turn, I’ve been getting easily frustrated and short with my kids. For a while I kept thinking it will get better tomorrow; I just didn’t sleep well last night; we were just really busy today, tomorrow will be calmer. Of course, tomorrow came and it fell …

July 27, 2015

Pagination

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A Haven of Chaos is where I write about the little things I am learning through my days at home and where I share the strategies I use to help build a haven amidst the chaos. I look for ways to thrive in the monotony and find contentment within it because waiting for the chaos to stop or even to slow down means never really living.

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