The following is by Craig Jutila from his book Faith and The Modern Family--Good stuff! 7 Ways To Create Family Connections “It is a commonplace observation that work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” The preceding quote comes from Cyril Northcote Parkinson and has since come to be known as Parkinson’s Law. What Parkinson meant is that two people charged with doing the same thing will each take the amount of time they are given to accomplish the task: One person given 30 minutes to do a job will take 30 minutes to do the job; another person given 90 minutes to do the same job will take 90 minutes to finish the task. Work simply expands to the time allowed to accomplish it. Let me give you a personal example. I find that I am most productive right before I leave for vacation. The reason for this is that I know I will be away for an extended period of time and I need to get things finished or at least in place so that they keep moving while I’m gone. So I get a lot accomplished in a short amount of time because I only have a short amount of time to finish what needs to be done. Here’s Are 7 Ways To Create Family Connections Monday: Invite each family member to tell one thing he or she can stop doing to have a better family life pace. Tuesday: Just before bedtime, read aloud Ephesians 5:15-16 together as a family; then pray this prayer. “God, help us to be careful with our time. Give us wisdom as a family to know how to make the best use of our time together. Amen” Wednesday: Have dinner together and ask each family member, “What were your highs and lows today?” Thursday: Write a separate note to each of your children, letting each child know how much you love him or her. Include the note in each child’s lunch or post each note on the mirror in the bathroom for each child to see. Friday: Collect each family member’s phone and put the phones in a drawer. Spend the next hour playing a board game that gets you all talking. Saturday: As a family, look ahead on your calendar and find a block of time that is at least four hours long. Label the block “Family Time” and block the entire time. Then vote to decide what you will do during that time together. Sunday: Ask each family member, “What one thing can we start doing as a family next week to give us uninterrupted time together?”
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 14:36:22 +0000
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