That’s right if we want to make changes in how our life is going it starts with us. I’m sure you have heard the phrase that “mom sets the tone of the household”. If we are stressed…short with our kids and losing our patience we affect our kids emotional state, they can sense our mood and if we aren’t content that makes them feel unsafe. I could see how my emotional state was affecting my children, they were afraid to upset me, my youngest was struggling with managing her emotions .. we had attitude and arguing and it just didn’t feel pleasant some days
I didn’t like how I felt … and how my feelings were affecting my relationship with my girls. I had moms older then me tell me for years I needed to make time for myself or do things for me but I would always respond with the answer I don’t have time for me… my kids need me too much and my life is too busy.
It took me getting to the point of my life spiraling out of control and feeling so drained and unhappy that I needed to find a way to focus on my needs.
Starting a new habit takes time so first I want to encourage you to be patient and make the commitment to yourself to push through the hard moments because on the other side there is a peace. If you miss a day that’s ok give yourself grace and start again tomorrow.
I had desires of a more peaceful mom life but needed to make changes to actually make that happen so first if you have this desire too I encourage you to sit down and take time to think about what things you wish you had more time for and write those things down.
For me I wanted a more consistent prayer time… time for me to exercise… some quiet alone time … I wanted to read more and to do something for me so I didn’t lose myself in motherhood
🍃So my take away today is .. to make adjustments to mom life it’s important to KNOW WHAT WE WANT and then we can make adjustments to our daily routine.
Stay tuned I will be sharing steps on how to bring these desires for mom life into reality and live a simple mindful mom life.
