I find that when you are an operation of one person lack of structure can work out. Flying “by the seat of your pants” can work because you only have yourself to blame when things don’t work out. On the other hand with each additional person you add to the mix more structure, defined roles, and clearly labeled responsibilities are in order or spiraling chaos ensues.
My life is a bit hectic but I love it. I am a husband, father and business owner and with these responsibilities comes many demands, from many places, in many forms. In the past two weeks my wife has started working full-time again (she is a teacher). With the start of her work schedule has come a new schedule for the entire family. Kids go off to school, off to daycare, my wife and I go off to our work. Then at the end of the day is the mix of everyone being picked up and brought back together at home. This is all too common in our society and culture.
However, for some of us the chaos that can ensue with being dropped in this process can wreak havoc—at least it has for me personally. Specifically the havoc comes in the form of a structureless process. I have been operating without any structure for the first two weeks of this new schedule change and it creates, for me, a great deal of stress and anxiety.
So, I have gone over with my wife (who thinks I am crazy!) just what I am responsible for each morning with regard to getting the kids ready and getting us all out the door every morning—simple enough, right? Except that each day of the week (Mon-Fri) starts and ends differently because my wife doesn’t start or end teaching at the same time every day, and she doesn’t have classes on Wednesday. This adds a touch of craziness to an already chaotic schedule.
I went ahead and I have actually written down a weekly schedule for me to look at detailing everything that I am responsible for. There are many tasks that I do the same every day, but there are others that I do not do every day. This may appear crazy but hell, it works for me. I don’t have to ‘think’ about what to do every morning, it is spelled out right on paper.
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