For my 35th birthday last year, I had only one request… alone time. I am an only child and I crave being alone. And as a mom of 3 young girls, I don’t get much of it. I told Matt about a month before my birthday that I wanted to go somewhere by myself. This was 2 weeks after having my third baby. He looked at me like I had 3 heads. “What do you mean by yourself? With me, right?” he said. Nope. By myself. “You’ll take the baby, right?” Nope. By myself. He still looked confused. Then, I was telling my best friend about it, she thought I…
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How I Approach “Self-Care”
Finding joy everyday is something I think about a lot. I try to visualize the moments in my past where I have felt the most joy. Where am I? What does it look like? What am I wearing? Who am I with? Super specific. I’m am talking about the daily small moments of joy, not the “my kids” bring me joy big ticket things. The definition of joy is “a feeling of great pleasure and happiness.” Which also means, joy is subjective, we all find our happiness in different things. My closest girlfriends listen to crime podcasts. This brings them joy. They love it. This makes my stomach turn. …
