Day In The Life of a A ProBlogging-Homeschooler

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It seems quite a few money-making bloggers have been sharing what a day in their lives look like. Lori wrote about juggling motherhood and problogging, as did Hyder and John Cow.

I figure, now that I’m running 5 blogs that have paid off my cars and are now paying my mortgage, I qualify for the whole “problogging” title, too. But blogging isn’t my primary responsibility: I’m a homeschooling Mom, and my day is arranged around that.

Morning

I wake up almost every morning by 6:00 a.m., assuming I haven’t beat my alarm clock into silence. I brush my teeth, postpone my shower and grab a cup of coffee before heading down to my frightfully cold basement closet-turned-office. Then I fire up the laptop and launch into my blogging routine.

One of the advantages of homeschooling: my son sleeps as long as he likes. Of course, he stays up later than most kids his age, but that doesn’t usually bother me. Most mornings he’s up by 9 a.m. and we have breakfast together while watching cartoons, then he likes to have time to play on his own. That’s when I answer email.

Around 10:30 a.m. we begin our homeschool lessons. Not surprisingly, many of them are computer-based. (We love Time4Learning among other sites.) While he’s doing his independent I start write entries and put them in draft mode.

Afternoon

We take a lunch break which lately involves teaching my son to cook , and that usually means an hour of kitchen clean-up for me. Then he works on craft projects or music lessons while I finally take my much-needed shower. After that, it’s time for one-on-one homeschool: foreign language, handwriting practice, science experiments, reading time and composition.

We’re usually done by 3 p.m. and we’ll spend an hour or so playing outside if the weather is nice or doing chores if it’s not.

Evening

My husband’s home by 5 o’clock most evenings, and we have dinner within the hour. If the weather is nice my son heads outside to play with neighborhood friends while I sit watching and working on my laptop. Then my husband takes over parenting duties while I retreat to my office for an hour or two.

By 8 o’clock I can’t stand the sight of my computer so I shut it down. (Unless, of course, I plan on playing Sims 2 or Sim City 4.) Most evenings my whole family will also watch a recorded episode of Doctor Who. My son’s bath, book and bedtime starts at 9:00 p.m. and usually takes the better part of an hour.

I’m in bed by 10 o’clock most nights and spend the next hour or so reading a novel before turning off the light. After a day at the computer, I need that fiction-reading time to turn my brain off or else I’ll actually dream about blogging. Ugh! I’m usually asleep by 11 o’clock on a weeknight, much to my night-owl husband’s annoyance.

Altogether, I probably spend around 6 hours a day online — 4 of them spent actually blogging or visiting other blogs. Homeschooling takes 4 hours of my day, too, and housework occupies another two or three. Needless to say, the whole day is fueled by at least one pot of coffee and a regular influx of gummy bears.

Exhausting? Absolutely. Rewarding? Darned straight it is. Worth it? You betcha, and not just in terms of the money that blogging makes. Knowing I’ve got a job that allows me the flexibility to provide my son with a well-rounded, solid education while giving us precious time together is priceless.

It never ceases to amaze me that blogging isn’t just something fun that I do while homeschooling: it’s also the main reason why we can afford for me to do it.

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