BUSY DAYS. Raising children, running a household and working are not easy. The definition of MOM: Noun, a woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given birth. Verb, bring up a child with care and affection or give birth to. Hmmm...ok but where is "a woman who has to be everything to everyone, who sacrifices more than any other human being, who rarely leaves any time for herself, who's a taxi driver, who's a mediator, who somehow has super human powers where everyone around her thinks she can be in two places at once and so on...." Aaah, motherhood!
I posted on my Facebook feed last night: Does anyone else feel like the hours between 2:30PM and 10PM are like a whole other day within the day . Crazy, insane, busy, driving all over the world to name just a few !! Because this is how I feel everyday of the week including weekends when I have my boys. And I know from the response that I got on my Facebook post that I'm not alone. My boys are getting older and every year we get busier and busier and this year is the busiest! Between hockey practice (they both play and I have 5 practices a week to get them to), orthodontist, allergist, haircuts and the list goes on...my head is spinning. I feel like a run a marathon everyday but there's no FINISH line! And that can make us all nutty!
So what do we do for ourselves to make the day to day craziness bearable? For me it's fitness and health. I teach classes in the morning or train and lift weights and then I get down to working on my business. This all helps me with my stress. As well chatting with some close friends or meeting up with a friend here and there for lunch. But for the most part I'm busy when there at school and busy when they get home. As moms, we need to make sure we do for ourselves or we get lost in just saying yes to everything and doing for everyone else. Make it a priority to do one thing a day for YOU...whether it's big thing or small thing as long as it's SOMETHING :-).
Peace out!
Jenz
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