Like many of you, I struggle with taking care of everthing/everyone around me first and often making myself last. I'm not trying to be a saint or obtain sympathy, I'm just stating a fact.
A friend of mine put it in this perspective. In times of turbulence, when an airplane's oxygen masks come down from the ceiling, who's mask is supposed to go on first? We all know the answer, your own....
Why don't we (women) apply this to our lives? Every weekend, I tell myself, I am going to forge a little time for myself. Just me and only me. Whether this means going to Barnes & Noble and enjoying a frothy frappucino and perusing the new arrivals or walking up and down the aisles of Target, I say to myself I'm going to do it.
And then what happens? The weekend has passed and once again I wake up on a Monday morning wondering where my me time went? Instead of taking a moment for myself, I spent it carting kids around to various sporting events, carting kids on various errands, cleaning up the house, doing laundry, cooking, etc, etc.
I'm not saying, I don't enjoy these activities, I do (excluding laundry and cleaning house of course). I'm just saying that when I wonder where my me time went, it's because I didn't bother to speak up and say I need some time for myself. My husband would gladly give it to me if he knew I wanted it. I just need to remember to put my mask on first. Who's mask do you put on first?
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I, of course, always put everyone else first. I think it's an instinct of being a mom. I know that I should take time for myself and do more for me but, I don't. It's not just you, I know plenty of other mom's who do the same thing. On occasion, I sneak off and have my nails done but to be perfectly honest...most of the time my kids are with me. LOL
ReplyDeleteI hear ya Melissa! :-)
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