AnnaM Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Every time I sit down to finalize stuff for our next year, I end up just sitting and staring into space. I can't seem to finalize anything! I am normally quite on top of it all, but for some reason this year, I just can't seem to get it together. Is it because I have a middle schooler this year? Maybe, I am suffering from a tiny bit of burn out? I DONT KNOW. It's driving me crazy though. I am a planner and the idea of not having my stuff together so I know what we need for next year is starting to drive me batty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
................... Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 It's probably a good thing! I plan too early and over teh summer things change...kids grow so much, I change, the schedule changes, kids grow together or apart in certain needs they have, and I end up changing 1/4 of all my decisions made the previous April or May. It's so tempting to use the tax return money, and to think of next year as a way to help get through this year, (I think 85 % of us do that!) but in the end it's actually not the greatest thing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 I plan at most a semester at a time. I haven't even finish with planning their summer camps :) Income tax refund isn't even enough to cover my property tax payments so I don't touch that money anyway. I have a 6th grader this year and he is having growth spurts, needing more sleep and food. He was hard to plan for even semester by semester. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zarabellesmom Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 I feel exactly the same way. It's like I can't wrap my mind around it. Usually I have a plan in place and I'm excited about next school year (as excited as I am about finishing the current school year) but this year...blah. I have no idea what to do next. I'm having a really hard time figuring out what I can do with a 6th and 3rd grader for history and science and literature. I feel like I just need someone to hand me something and say, just do this. If you follow this exactly, everything will be fine. :) Anyone know of a great free program that comes with a guarantee? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnaM Posted April 11, 2016 Author Share Posted April 11, 2016 I'm going on my 8th year of homeschooling. This should be second nature to me by this point. Sometimes, I wish all of the choices would go away. It would be so much easier if I only had the choice of this or that. But then I guess I wouldn't really be homeschooling, would I? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
learning456 Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 :grouphug: I'm there, too. We also are in the middle school years. I have felt this way the past two years. I used to have the fall curriculum all planned and bought for by May/June. Ha! But, I am trying to slow down life and enjoy what we have now. I have barely thought about the summer yet. I don't even know when our school year will end this year. I AM excited that we have been finishing up subjects and projects one-by-one this month and can see the light at the end of the tunnel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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