My New Year's Resolution is to stop being stressed out. I want more time playing and learning with my kids and more time to read and not be tired. So I don't want to live up to what I think are other people's expectations of me and spend my time on the things that matter to me deep down.
Last night we got home from 2 weeks of so much FUN! First Florida, then a week in Taber with family. I woke up this morning feeling relaxed and thinking 'Wow. I have a whole day, with Brad home, and nothing to do.' By 7:30 I had eaten breakfast and finished my workout and sat down to play cards with everyone. Then it all started happening:
Laundry
Dishes
Lunch for 4
Organizing hand-me-downs
Unpacking
Taking down Christmas
Grocery List
Grocery Shopping
Library books are overdue
Dirty bathrooms
Shower
Bath Kids
Make supper
Clean the kitchen
More Laundry
Kids are fighting
Change Afton....
It goes on. I am going to work REALLY hard to not care what I think other people think I should be, because I'm so convinced I'm really not very good at it anyway. It's going to be great :)
Love it! Made me laugh and I can relate to having to take a step back sometimes and make sure I'm doing what's right for me and my family and not everyone else!
ReplyDeleteRaising children is by defintion stressful, but it can be a good kind of stress most of the time if you don't have that invisible someone looking over your shoulder all the time telling you that you aren't doing it good enough or fast enough or that you aren't a good mother or wife. So glad your goal is to scoot that invisible person out the door for good.
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