I am at a point in my life where I am engaged to a wonderful man, and between the two of us, we have 4 children. I have recently realized that I spend most of my waking hours trying to do everything for everyone, trying to be "Wonder Woman". This realization has me struggling with how to say "No" to the unnecessary things and to just focus on the really important stuff. I still want to do everything so everyone is happy, including me.
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Slow Down
So apparently, I've forgotten the art of delegation. I have been so busy this week with work, the last week of school, scouts, and on and on, that I forgot how to delegate things. I have been trying to squeeze time in to clean the house, do the laundry that I have been forgetting to ask for help. Let's face it though, how many of us super-moms actually ask for help. We're super, we don't need help, right? That would be admitting failure.....No it doesn't! All of us need help and we need to recognize that it's OK to slow down, and ask for help. If we spend all of our time trying to do everything for everyone else, we will have nothing left for ourselves (and our spouses, wink wink). Having said that, I slept in today and figure the kids can handle breakfast and the dishes that follow!
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I even let MY kids get their own breakfast sometimes! Ok, Anne will get breakfast for both, but still. I'm sure there are LOTS of chores your awesome kids could be doing for you. And what a great example you will be by asking for help.
ReplyDeleteAnd they normally do help out. It was just this week, they both had projects due, scouts, etc. I felt GUILTY asking them to help me when I knew they had so much homework to do. I guess I just have to find that happy medium...
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