Again, this is the third time this week where I am unable to sleep. I think I just might be figuring it all out but of course, sometimes lack of sleep is just as bad as being drunk so we'll see. This week has been absolutely crazy busy with friends, work, and hangovers. All in all I think it's been a successful week!
First off, I know we moms are always told to take get some "me time" but what does that really entail? I know that most moms think of "me time" as going to a spa or getting your hair done or something like that but is it just that? What about taking time out to get YOUR affairs in order? The majority of my day is making sure that my son and husband are taken care of. That they have what they need, that the bills are paid, that dentist and doctors appointments are taken care of, food is in the fridge when they need it, but how many hours in a day are devoted to what I need to take care of? I'm slowly figuring this out just as I have decided to take on my new Tupperware venture because I'm now having to make time for me and realize how much little time I have to make it.
Luckily Tupperware doesn't require hours and hours of work as if I were working in an office, it requires as much or as little time as you would like to give but it is something that I enjoy doing and just makes me realize that maybe this IS me time. This is something that I am doing to make ME feel productive and to change things up for me. Hair, nails, massages....those are all great, but for me they're not enough. I need to feel a real change, a real difference and looking good isn't going to pay things off or save money which would make me feel a thousand times better than any pedicure or manicure.
Okay so that was one thing that came to my mind this sleepless night LOL Another is making some sort of schedule. I'm on the right track, but now I need to make a schedule that is not only a real schedule but is flexible if that makes any sense. As anyone with kids knows, flexibility is a moms best friend. Since I have moved my lap top upstairs in my new office, I have found that I am on it less and playing with Simon more which is awesome, but now I need to find time to actually do some work when he's napping or sleeping rather than leaving him downstairs alone.
In addition to being productive and adding an income to this family, I also MUST (and this is a big one) MUST take time out to make healthy choices. I joined the YMCA to get some exercise and this week, I have forgotten about my all time favorite Zumba class. How silly! I was so wrapped up in thinking about other things that I have neglected a part that is not only good for me mentally, but good physically! Maybe it's all a circle and once I do one good thing, I'll roll to the next. No matter what I start with, I need to stick with it and that's one more challenge that's on my list.
First off, I know we moms are always told to take get some "me time" but what does that really entail? I know that most moms think of "me time" as going to a spa or getting your hair done or something like that but is it just that? What about taking time out to get YOUR affairs in order? The majority of my day is making sure that my son and husband are taken care of. That they have what they need, that the bills are paid, that dentist and doctors appointments are taken care of, food is in the fridge when they need it, but how many hours in a day are devoted to what I need to take care of? I'm slowly figuring this out just as I have decided to take on my new Tupperware venture because I'm now having to make time for me and realize how much little time I have to make it.
Luckily Tupperware doesn't require hours and hours of work as if I were working in an office, it requires as much or as little time as you would like to give but it is something that I enjoy doing and just makes me realize that maybe this IS me time. This is something that I am doing to make ME feel productive and to change things up for me. Hair, nails, massages....those are all great, but for me they're not enough. I need to feel a real change, a real difference and looking good isn't going to pay things off or save money which would make me feel a thousand times better than any pedicure or manicure.
Okay so that was one thing that came to my mind this sleepless night LOL Another is making some sort of schedule. I'm on the right track, but now I need to make a schedule that is not only a real schedule but is flexible if that makes any sense. As anyone with kids knows, flexibility is a moms best friend. Since I have moved my lap top upstairs in my new office, I have found that I am on it less and playing with Simon more which is awesome, but now I need to find time to actually do some work when he's napping or sleeping rather than leaving him downstairs alone.
In addition to being productive and adding an income to this family, I also MUST (and this is a big one) MUST take time out to make healthy choices. I joined the YMCA to get some exercise and this week, I have forgotten about my all time favorite Zumba class. How silly! I was so wrapped up in thinking about other things that I have neglected a part that is not only good for me mentally, but good physically! Maybe it's all a circle and once I do one good thing, I'll roll to the next. No matter what I start with, I need to stick with it and that's one more challenge that's on my list.
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