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June 2025 - Incoming Summer Schedules & The End of the School Year Sh*tshow

June 2025 - Incoming Summer Schedules & The End of the School Year Sh*tshow

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 When do your kids get out of school? Mine are done at the end of June and over here…? In-san-i-ty.I fell out of one of my good habits and didn’t immediately enter all the events and reminders into my digital calendar, and they piled up……and up……and up……Until it took me a solid three hours to enter them all one day when I finally said ‘enough!’ to feeling lost and confused about who should be where, when, on any given day of the week.Not to mention incorporating a new schedule of recurring therapist appointments for three of us in the household, and trying to get my ex to manage some of the mental load - namely the dreaded dual birthday party for my two youngest!If you haven’t started decluttering your mental load with digital calendars and the word ‘NO’, this is the perfect time to start.Saying no to the things that don’t have to be on my plate is something I have worked hard on over the years. Sharing birthday party planning is one result. Not volunteering constantly is another.I know the kids love it when their mom comes to school and they get to feel special with the class in these early grades, so I sprinkle it in all year long and try to fit one event for each kid in, in the last month of the school year.The teachers make every day special at the end of the school year. I appreciate these efforts, I really do. I think it’s great, the kids have a blast, AND… it stresses me the hell out.If you have ever felt this way, or are right now, I have four tips for you. (If you’re already past the end of your school year maybe you can remember these for next time.)4 Tips to Manage the End-of-the-School-Year Chaos:* Say no. Say it as often as you can! The best thing for your simplified life rhythm is to say no.* Digital calendar. If you aren’t using one, start. You can enter all the details once, and pull them up at a moment’s notice. In this day and age, you just need one. (Bonus: Most of the kids’ schools even have a digital calendar you can add layered on top of your own in case you miss something.)* Ease up on yourself in other areas. Things are hectic right now, but stop worrying about how anyone else will perceive you at this time, because trust me, they’re all too busy to notice, too! No guilt, no shame, no beating yourself up mentally. Let it go.* Set the expectation ahead of time that there is a limit on what will be kept, because at the end of the year all of the papers come home. ‘Set a limit and stay within it’. Look through every paper they bring you, celebrate their wins, adore the cutesy scribbles in the younger years, and then let it go. Keep one example of their art when none of it looks like anything yet, not fifty.I dive in deeper in each of these areas in the audio episode above, so make sure you listen!This month, in June, we are focused on entryways, hallways and closets. We are crossing (or preparing to cross) the threshold into summer. We’re preparing for more movement. Schedules start shifting, summer plans roll in, and the calendar fills up.So we want to look at the flow of energy in our home.Entryways invite energy and they’re the first place guests will see. Closets hold old identities and old energy if they aren’t intentionally cleared out. Hallways are like arteries in the body. If they’re blocked, nothing moves smoothly..June Rhythm Posts:You can start wherever you need to, or follow these in order. Each month we have a ‘Focus Post’; an overview of the month:June Focus - Entryways/Hallways/ClosetsThen there are four weekly/part breakdowns of that monthly focus, which include why for the focus, some mindset shifts, habits to build that change everything, stories as medicine from my own journey, as well as the steps to take - i.e. what to declutter!June Part/Week One - EntrywaysJune Part/Week Two - HallwaysJune Part/Week Three - ClosetsJune Part/Week Four - Summer Refresh/Revisit the BasicsTo round it out and so you aren’t alone on your journey, share your wins and your struggles in our private community chat threads for each monthly focus:June’s private chat threadRemember, whether you’re doing this in rhythm with us, or whether you hopped in at this point because something just recently (or not so recently) stopped functioning the way you need it to, and it was your ‘straw that broke the camel’s back’ - you are right where you need to be!XBriP.S. Let me know how this monthly episode landed in the comments, and don’t forget to give me some love and click that heart and/or share so I can help more people like you to simplify their lives! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brihosack.substack.com/subscribe
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