I’ve struggled for years about how to take vacations as a family. This year we’re testing out a rhythm (at least for the days we’re on the road) see below.
Also, here’s something I wrote personally about the experience for me.
“I hate vacations. Any time I tell me flesh “this is your time” my
spiritual life takes a plunge. So this time we’re trying something different. We are going on an “adventure” and while we’re gone we’ve developed a rhythm giving every hour purpose and meaning and it is making a HUGE difference. There should be no such thing as
purposeless time. Give the flesh a minute and it will take a month. Do you have “flesh time” built into your schedule? Those hours will often act like a cancerous tumor on your spiritual life. Remove them ruthlessly. There is nothing wrong with relaxing but be filled with the Spirit at all times. Don’t tithe to the flesh
by giving it a percentage of your time. We have a Lord who is
Master of ALL of our time. Radical discipleship – nothing less.”
Picture: The Pryor family riding a 6 seater bike at the KOA campground in West Yellowstone, Montana
Vacation Rhythm:
Time Activity Leader
8:00 B-fast Mommy
9:00 PT Kelsey
9:30 Devotion Daddy
10:00 Pick-up – Plan Day All
10:30 Leave All
10:45 State/Language Study Mommy
11:30 Art Mommy
12:00 Lunch Mommy
12:30 Indv. Reading All
1:00 Game Time Kelsey
2:00 Hobbit Read Daddy
2:30 History Daddy
3:00 Audio Books Daddy
4:00 Plan Dinner Daddy
4:15 Arrive at Camp All
4:30 Sport Training Jackson
5:00 Dinner Prep Daddy
5:30 Internet Daddy
6:30 Eat Dinner – Clean Mommy
7:30 Sing & Share All
8:30 Hobbit Read Daddy
9:00 Bed Time Mommy
9:30 Read & Work Mom & Dad
Holy crap! If that’s how you organize your vacations, I can only imagine what a normal week looks like. Is this because you’ve found that this is what works best for you guys? How do you balance this strict of a schedule with the idea of “not planning anything”, so that you’re free to work on whatever motivates you at the moment?