We were taught to drink 64oz of water, get 8 hours of sleep, eat healthy and workout at least 30 min a day. Do that and you will have a long happy life.
Who.The.Fuck.Has.Time.For.That
One would argue that everyone does, it's called prioritizing your time.Make a schedule and plan out your day Simple. Except it's not.
I think as mothers/spouses/partners we try to do that in some shape or form. However, we set ourselves at the bottom of that list. Everyone gets a place above us. We are built to be natural born nurturers, caregivers Of the heart.
We want everyone in our lives to be taken care of, felt loved and wanted.
And then...
Day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute that glass we pour from slowly dwindles down. Only droplets are left,yet, we don't give up. We know those few droplets left are going to make an impact in the lives of the one's we love so dearly. But, we hit empty. Praying our reserve doesn't let us down.
Burnout hits us at max speed and aims for every single molecule our bodies posses. We then become still, frozen. Depression, anxiety,self hatred, self doubt and the feeling of complete unworthiness hit us right in the face. We avoid looking in the mirror because the person staring back has become dead inside.
Our people need us, we know that.
However, you can't fill from an empty cup. Grab a margarita sit the fuckdown and take a moment foryourself. Get a journal and write down a couple things to do that will make you happy and say NO to everyone and everything else until you have said YES to those few moments of joy you can bring yourself. You've got this.
XOXO
- M
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