Comments on: Don’t you Deserve A Break Today? http://1smartmom.com/2006/10/16/dont-you-deserve-a-break-today/ Nurturing Moms from Marriage to Motherhood & Everything in Between! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:37:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Shalom Cubbison http://1smartmom.com/2006/10/16/dont-you-deserve-a-break-today/#comment-227 Shalom Cubbison Mon, 16 Oct 2006 18:03:54 +0000 http://1smartmom.com/index.php/2006/10/16/dont-you-deserve-a-break-today/#comment-227 I have a cousin who has 5 children. In order to keep her sanity she takes an hour a day completely to herself. When her husband gets home from work (he's an FBI agent) she either scrapbooks, reads, or finds somewhere quiet to nurture herself. I also think it's important to maintain friendships with people who encourage and support the decision to feed the parts of yourself that you enjoyed BEFORE you even got married and had children (dance, art, etc.) Sometimes guilt steps in and makes us (as women) feel as if we have to earn that time or we feel guilty because there seems to be more pressing or more important things to do with the time. Friends remind us that you can only give out of a full tank that's been filled by what what feeds you. I have a cousin who has 5 children. In order to keep her sanity she takes an hour a day completely to herself. When her husband gets home from work (he’s an FBI agent) she either scrapbooks, reads, or finds somewhere quiet to nurture herself.
I also think it’s important to maintain friendships with people who encourage and support the decision to feed the parts of yourself that you enjoyed BEFORE you even got married and had children (dance, art, etc.)
Sometimes guilt steps in and makes us (as women) feel as if we have to earn that time or we feel guilty because there seems to be more pressing or more important things to do with the time.
Friends remind us that you can only give out of a full tank that’s been filled by what what feeds you.

]]> By: Nola Cooper http://1smartmom.com/2006/10/16/dont-you-deserve-a-break-today/#comment-224 Nola Cooper Mon, 16 Oct 2006 12:59:20 +0000 http://1smartmom.com/index.php/2006/10/16/dont-you-deserve-a-break-today/#comment-224 Unfortunatey, I think this is a very common trait in Work at Home Parents! Having that office right there all the time (so accessible) just makes you feel like you should be working more. It's hard to go even one day without turning on that computer! I'm certainly going to try and take your advice this week! If I can take one week at a time, maybe I can develop it into a habit!! Unfortunatey, I think this is a very common trait in Work at Home Parents! Having that office right there all the time (so accessible) just makes you feel like you should be working more. It’s hard to go even one day without turning on that computer!

I’m certainly going to try and take your advice this week! If I can take one week at a time, maybe I can develop it into a habit!!

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