Project 13, Plan weekly meetings with your spouse, is another one that gives me trouble just like the family purpose statement did, because it’s not just up to me – I have to get buy-in from Mr. SJ. And he’s not really big on weekly meetings.
The other big challenge right now is just logistically. Two small children and no babysitter makes it hard to have a weekly planning meeting. The baby is still sleeping so erratically that I’m having to go to bed at the same time as the kiddos to have any shot at being functional the next day, so evenings after the kids are in bed isn’t currently an option.
Fortunately there are no One Bite at a Time police around to see how exactly I’m implementing the projects, so I feel free to make it my own. And for us right now, that means a lot gets done electronically. Mr. SJ practically lives on the computer so it’s easy to get him to look at something I email him (much easier than getting him to spend some of his non-computer time discussing weekly plans).
Back before we had children, I was very good about sharing monthly budget and financial updates with Mr. SJ, but it’s been ages since I did that, so that’s where I’m going to start.
And once baby girl starts letting me get better sleep, I’ll try and convince Mr. SJ that it’ll be beneficial for us to add in a weekly planning meeting to our schedule.
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