July Checklist


      
Planning for Success


      

        
What does each child need to learn? What
        skill to they need to master? What habits need to be formed?
        What home improvement projects need to be done? What cleaning
        jobs need doing? and so on.
        
The answers to above questions are your
        Goals, and will be part of the bigger picture: the Dreams you
        have for yourself and your family.
        
Write down each Goal at the top of a separate
        paper. Use a three ring binder and notebook paper, or a spiral
        notebook.
        
Under each Goal, write down everything
        that comes to mind that you can do to fulfill that goal (no particular
        order necessary). This is your Step List (steps that, when taken,
        will fulfill your goals).
        
Choose one thing from your Step List.
        
Get started on that one thing, putting
        the starting date on the left.
        
When finished with that one step, put
        the date to the right. Cross off with one line when you have
        completed that step.
        
Go on to the next step.
        
Keep your notebook always at hand and
        work on your goals and steps daily for the best results.
        
You can work on several steps and goals
        concurrently.
      

      
 

      
Just writing above checklist got me going!
      I didn't even start listing what I needed to do but immediately
      started on a big project and am seeing much progress.

      
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In my book, Easy Homeschooling Techniques, I have
      details for planning--from "Dreams" down to the daily
      "To-Do List."

      
Here I have simplified the
      technique for you.

      
Dreams and Goals are the results
      you desire for yourself and your family. Step Lists are the are
      the path to reach your Goals and Dreams. Most important is a
      consistent and meditative time in the Word of God.

      


      
Procrastination


      
To be always intending to live
      a new Life, but never to find time to set about it: this is as
      if a man should put off Eating and Drinking, and Sleeping from
      one day and night to another, till he is starved and destroyed.
      -Tillotson