Finding Rhythm in a Paradigm Shift

Although we worked this weekend on various subjects (Atlas was eager to "start" homeschooling) for several hours a day, today was our first official day home from school.  Drawing on advice from so many other homeschoolers, we started our day with the chore list.  Day 3 of our chore schedule and I'm finding it all to irresistible to constantly remind Atlas to get back on track and do his chores as he slowly maneuvers through them.  It makes me all too aware how proficient I've become at nagging.  How do I break this habit?  This is not how I want to influence him.  I know in the long run it will be easier (and most importantly satisfying, confidence enhancing) for him, and myself if I allow him to go them done on his own without constant nagging or doing parts of them for him.  The same goes for finding rhythm within the studies, perhaps it is not so much what I do or how I teach but instead what I don't do or teach.  I already feel the strong urge to hammer through as much information and make as much progress as possible.  Is that what I am really trying to achieve?  Will getting through more books, worksheets, math lessons, etc, equate learning retention, progress or wisdom?  I don't know.  I do know that the way Chad and I think about school and how we raise our children has evolved over the last several years.  This is our attempt at bringing our thoughts and actions a little closer together.  I look forward to a more rhythmic, organized "smooth and easy" version of today!