04/10/2023
The laundry is not the problem mom.
Neither are the floors
Or the dishes
Or the looming yard work
Or the kids getting on each other's, and your, last nerve.
The problem is not the problem at all.
These are all just symptoms of a bigger problem;
You not getting time for YOU.
When you haven't done so,
Everything else,
All the tiny stuff,
Gets bigger and bigger and bigger until every little thing, drives you crazy.
Because under the surface is this brewing frustration that can easily turn to resentment for everyone else getting their needs met,
And yours getting shelved instead.
Listen,
I understand it's hard to make time for yourself but I need you to know that it's harder not to.
So please, do everyone else and yourself a favor today;
Make time for YOU.
TIME to relax,
TIME to eat,
TIME to move your body,
TIME to have fun and laugh and be playful - the mom you used to be before all the stuff piled up
TIME to not be doing everything for everyone else and forgetting yourself.
Trust me on this,
You'll come back to all the stuff, all the demands of mom, and they'll all be so much smaller than they were before you made yourself a priority.
It matters and guess what?
You matter more than all the stuff.
Xo