I love to hear how somebody spends the moments of their days.

How do they organize their day so they get things done?

And I especially love to hear about how someone organizes their day if it's someone that

I really admire.

Well, a few years ago, I studied how Charlotte Mason spent her day, how she organized the moments of her day to get

things done. And it was very interesting. I wrote a blog post about that, and we'll link that for

you in the description. But my friend Rochelle Baborana took it a step further. She actually

tried Charlotte's schedule for 30 days. And what she's going

to do today is tell you what she found out from that experience.

Welcome to the Simply Charlotte Mason podcast. I'm Sonia Schaefer. Joining me today is Rochelle Baborana.

Rochelle, I am so excited to hear about your experience trying Charlotte's schedule for 30 days.

What prompted you to do this, by the way? Well, it was in 2020 during the lockdowns. Okay. And we had a cross-country

move. So first we had to get a house ready to sell, pack it up, and then move cross-country. And so I was a mess.

There was no rhythm to my days. And we were, I think, all suffering.

And so I knew that I had to establish a rhythm.

And it was my youngest son's senior year of high school and I really wanted to go out on

a high note.

Yeah, to finish strong.

And I suppose when everything around you, well, as Charlotte said,

the effort of decision is so hard. And when everything around you is in chaos and change,

you're making so many decisions and your energy is going so many directions, it would be hard

to sit down and come up with your own, this is what my day

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