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Homeschool Burnout



It was Monday morning at 7 am last March, and normally I would have been up for a couple of hours.  I was still in bed.  Already two children had come in to remind me it was time to get up. That was my job. Over the weekend I had received the news that my neighbor had passed away months before ( i had been so busy I had not known), from a person doing a neighborhood survey. I did not want to do today. This had been happening a lot lately.  It was too much. How could I do it all?  Questions filled my brain. Should I send my kids back to school? Should I drop their activities that they had been doing for so long even prior to homeschooling?What was the answer?

I called my mom, and she prayed with me.  Somehow I managed to get up and get ready for the day. I was thankful for my son being a self starter that loves a routine. 

Fast forward one year  the same thoughts come across my mind again. What should i change in my kids life and activities ? Doubts cross my mind about my ability to give my kids what they need?  

Do any of these thoughts sound familiar? I have only homeschooled for two years but I've heard from various veteran homeschoolers that burnout is real. I wish i could say i had not experienced it. It sort of crept up on me as my schedule got busier and the demands increased, but when it did happen I was forced to deal with it.  If you are experiencing burnout here are some items to consider. 
  • Talk to someone. Call a friend, write someone an email who will be supportive and listen.
  • Pray and make time to have time in the Word.
  • Consider your schedule/ family dynamics- when making time commitments for activities. This is something that changes over time and with your family.
  • Simplify what your teaching. I am  the queen of making things too complicated. Therefore I need to think about this one carefully for my own family. 
  • Take a break. I have done this a couple of times and it helped. 
I also searched Youtube and found a few mom's who described a similar experience to mine.  One such experience really spoke to me. It was from OurHOMEschoolPlan- and was called

-Homeschool Burnout and Depression- A Christian Perspective
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