While self-care should be a top priority, in order to get to a state where you can relax and reflect, you need to have a handle on all the things that are causing you stress. In order to do that, you need to have a plan of attack—a schedule—for getting it all accomplished. So you’ve sorted school supplies, calendared every event, and calendared even more. Great! Now it’s time to relax.
Being a working mom is hectic, being a stay-at-home mom is hectic, being a dad is hectic, it’s all hectic, life is messy! It is essential that you find things that bring you peace and perspective. What calms you? What gives you a dose of sanity? For me, it’s a nice long solo stroll through Target, it’s sitting in the warmth of sunshine—like literally, you might drive by my house and see me just sitting in the middle of my driveway trying my best to soak in vitamin D, it’s leaving my phone out of earshot and playing, I mean really playing, with my kids. It doesn’t matter what it is or how silly it seems, do things that are relaxing, rejuvenating, and that give you a sense of freedom just like you felt as a kid in the summertime.