Homeschool Burnout

Someone wrote and asked me a question about what to do if you feel burned out on homeschooling or if you aren’t sure if you’re doing too many unnecessary things in homeschooling.  Here is my answer.  I thought I would share it with all of you too:

Thank you for your kind words.  Yes, I do feel like I am burned out sometimes and I do often feel like I am not doing enough. I know almost every homeschool Mom feels like that at one time or another.  When I feel burned out, I take my own advice and switch things up a bit for a couple of days.  Maybe we will switch to a different room or turn on music or just learn in a different way.  I think we all need the variety.

The most important thing for me to remember is to pray.  It sounds so simple, but many times I will be telling my husband about a problem we are having and he asks me whether I have prayed about it or not. Usually I have not done that yet.  So I’m trying to be better about praying about any situation right away.  If I don’t know whether to do less or more for homeschooling, I need to pray. If I wonder whether I am doing too many unnecessary things, I need to pray.  God has not brought us this far to let us down.  I just forget that He is available to me.

I hope that helps. Let me know if you have any other questions.

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Originally posted 2008-10-10 12:53:22. Republished by Blog Post Promoter