Why All Moms Should Plan Free Time Into Their Week
We moms are famous for running ourselves ragged for our home and family. There's always cooking, cleaning, laundry, or shopping that needs to be done. Kids require our time and attention to take them to practices and help with homework.
The list of tasks that fall into our laps is... literally... never-ending.
In other words, there is always something we could/should be doing. Because of that, and because I'm a firm believer in the mind-blowing power of moms getting time by themselves, this article is going to delve into 5 reasons why all moms should plan free time into their week.
Briefly, these are:
We Need To Have Some "Me Time"
We Need To Mentally Recharge
We Need Time Away From Our Family
It Won't Automatically Be Available
No One Else Will Plan It For You
Now let's dig just a little deeper into each one.
We Need To Have Some "Me Time"
I don't know of a single person out there who doesn't need some free time so they can enjoy life instead of just work, work, and work some more. Even if you have a job you really enjoy, you still need time to do what YOU want to do vs. what your boss wants you to do.
Too, you may really enjoy being around your children but, occasionally, it's permissible to watch a movie that's not animated (even though those animated ones are pretty dog-gone good).
Me time kept me from losing my mind the many years when I had all 4 kids at home and even now when I only have 1 left under the same roof system.
We Need To Mentally Recharge
We could all probably stand to get a little better at both understanding our need for... and then actually allowing ourselves time for... mentally recharging. This really hits me when I charge my toothbrush (hang with me here for a minute). After it's fully recharged and I use it for the first time the difference is so noticeable. It seems to have so much more power... it's like new. But the thing that always strikes me is how I couldn't tell how it was losing that power from the last time it was charged.
We're the same... we need that periodic recharging and we can come back and do what we need to do with so much more power that the difference is noticeable... to everyone.
We Need Time Away From Our Family
This is blasphemy to some, but old news to most. Just as you would get burned out doing anything 24/7, so you will trying to be Super Mom at all times. If we're at home around the kids... face it... we're on "Mommy-duty." That's why I say we need time "away" from them... time to be a woman, daughter, sister, or friend.
Just to step out of that role for a little while and come back with more vigor.
It Won't Automatically Be Available
There aren't many women (certainly not yours truly) who, just by a stroke of luck, manage to have everything that needs to be accomplished done and therefore have some free time available. What are the chances that you'll have everything done and everyone taken care of? Not too good since mom's work is cyclical in nature. Since the cycle is constantly going around what was done needs done all over again. And, if you try to take that free time when you know you need to be doing something else, the guilt... even at a subconscious level... interferes with your ability to really enjoy it.
No One Else Will Plan It For You
Some women are blessed to have a spouse who will tell them to take a night off and they'll take care of the kids... but, most don't.
Regardless, why wait for someone else to hand to you on a platter what you can get for yourself with just a little planning ahead. Yes, planning is essential to being able to make the time available to give yourself some free time.
Now that we've covered the "Why" all moms should plan free time into their week, now let's switch briefly to the "How."
Once you recognize that you need free time, it becomes easier to suddenly make the time for it. You can do that by learning to use weekly meal plans, cooking smarter, cleaning in the most efficient way (2-3 hours/week), and handling laundry painlessly throughout the week.
Getting these areas under control is the only way to be able to plan free time and have it be guilt-free which will enable you to enjoy every precious minute of it.
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