Treat Yourself To 15 Minutes Of Me Time Every Day
As mothers we lead very busy and stressful lives and through out our day...
we often forget to take time out for ourselves.
We are always busy making meals, cleaning the home, running household errands, playing "mom" taxi, taking care of the children and then you throw in working in our outside the home and by the end of the day there is no time left for yourself.
Does this sound a lot like you? If so, it is time to make a change! For many years I was one of those "moms" who did everything for my family and I mean everything! By the time bedtime rolled around every night, I would fall into bed from complete physical exhaustion.
What I realized towards the end of all of that madness is that I was overly tired, very stressed out and had little patience for the things I normally had a lot of patience for.
I knew emotionally I had to make a change.
What I decided to do was to spend 15 minutes on myself each and every day.
It didn't matter if that 15 minutes was bright and early in the morning, in the middle of the afternoon or late in the evening after everyone went to bed.
, but I was determined to squeeze 15 minutes out of every day just for myself.
Once I decided to do this I sat down and made a list of things that I could do for myself in that short period of time.
Here are some of the ideas I came up with.
Manicure and Pedicure.
Read A Good Book or The Bible Take A Hot Bubble Bath Do A Relaxing Workout (like yoga or pilates) Take A Swim (if you have a pool) Craft (crochet, scrapbook, cross stitch, whatever it is you like to do) Enjoy A Nice Cup of Coffee or Tea Take A Walk Outdoors Write A Letter To A Friend (for postal mailing) Pamper Yourself With A Homemade Facial Nice Quiet Phone Call To A Friend or Family Member Massage (yes, you can give yourself a massage) Meditate (light a candle and spend some time just reflecting) As you can see, there are many things you can do for just yourself every day in just 15 minutes of time.
If you take time out for yourself, you will find that you will be less edgy and be in a better mood and not only that, when you are under too much stress it can cause physical health problems.
You do everything for your family and that is great...
but you also need to take care of yourself!
we often forget to take time out for ourselves.
We are always busy making meals, cleaning the home, running household errands, playing "mom" taxi, taking care of the children and then you throw in working in our outside the home and by the end of the day there is no time left for yourself.
Does this sound a lot like you? If so, it is time to make a change! For many years I was one of those "moms" who did everything for my family and I mean everything! By the time bedtime rolled around every night, I would fall into bed from complete physical exhaustion.
What I realized towards the end of all of that madness is that I was overly tired, very stressed out and had little patience for the things I normally had a lot of patience for.
I knew emotionally I had to make a change.
What I decided to do was to spend 15 minutes on myself each and every day.
It didn't matter if that 15 minutes was bright and early in the morning, in the middle of the afternoon or late in the evening after everyone went to bed.
, but I was determined to squeeze 15 minutes out of every day just for myself.
Once I decided to do this I sat down and made a list of things that I could do for myself in that short period of time.
Here are some of the ideas I came up with.
Manicure and Pedicure.
Read A Good Book or The Bible Take A Hot Bubble Bath Do A Relaxing Workout (like yoga or pilates) Take A Swim (if you have a pool) Craft (crochet, scrapbook, cross stitch, whatever it is you like to do) Enjoy A Nice Cup of Coffee or Tea Take A Walk Outdoors Write A Letter To A Friend (for postal mailing) Pamper Yourself With A Homemade Facial Nice Quiet Phone Call To A Friend or Family Member Massage (yes, you can give yourself a massage) Meditate (light a candle and spend some time just reflecting) As you can see, there are many things you can do for just yourself every day in just 15 minutes of time.
If you take time out for yourself, you will find that you will be less edgy and be in a better mood and not only that, when you are under too much stress it can cause physical health problems.
You do everything for your family and that is great...
but you also need to take care of yourself!
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