Keeping Me Busy

It’s all the usual stuff. The taking care of kids stuff, the housekeeping stuff, the part-time tutoring stuff, the going to the gym 5-6 days a week stuff. It’s all the stuff that needs to get done in any given day, that’s been keeping me busy and leaving me with little to no free time. And it seems that when I do finally have 30 minutes or so to myself, I just want to relax, watch a little TV (or Hulu or Netflix, as it always is in my case) or take a little nap.

I feel like it’s been this way for me for several weeks now. Just go, go, go all the time, with mostly just the “must-dos” getting done. And it’s made me realize that I’m not the sort of person who can handle a go, go, go kind of lifestyle all the time. I’ve been stressed, and cranky, and in need of some serious downtime with no obligations whatsoever.

I feel a little silly saying this, because I know that there are people out there with more kids and more on their plates who do it all AND make it look/sound so easy. But the cold, hard truth is that I am not one of those people. I need to find a way to create a little more balance between all the must-dos and some of the things that I’d just like to do for fun or relaxation. I need to find ways to carve out a little bit of pure me time that doesn’t also attempt to squeeze in a small chore (like paying bills while watching a TV show) or someone else’s needs. I’ve known this for a while. But it just seems to be so much easier said than done.