I need to find some peace in my daily routine.
I want to stop feeling like I’m doing 247 things a day without getting anything done. I spend too much time looking for a way to organize instead of actually organizing. I make empty promises. Not that I mean to. I truly do feel like I could do the things that I promise to do, but then when it comes down to it, I can’t. I need to learn to say NO.
I have notebooks and lists and planners and menus … but they get discarded or forgotten after about a month.
My daughter is 21 months old, and, sadly, I have not found a balance, yet. I want to spend time with her, yet I need to clean the house and do laundry and make supper. I feel like we need to get out more, but when we do, I come home exhausted with a full to-do list still left to finish.
I read blogs and talk to friends, and they seem to have it all together.
And I am floundering.
I wonder …
Am I incapable of getting everything done?
Am I the only one who lives in a pile of laundry and dishes and toys?
Can I not follow a simple list without making it a hundred times harder?
I know I’m not the only one who feels this way.
There are hundreds of blogs out there geared towards helping people get organized. People pay money for organizational gurus to come to their house and get them organized. There are loads of free programs and downloads out there to help people get things done. Trust me, I’ve probably downloaded them all.
I have single-handedly destroyed trees in forests with the amount of things I’ve printed to help me stay organized.
And it’s time for me to let go …
It’s time for me to forget about it for a while. Forget about having the house clean at all times. Forget about my to-do list going ignored for four days. Forget about finding the perfect balance between life and living.
It’s time to live. Life will figure out a way to fit in … eventually.
All pictures were taken at my parent’s house in Georgia this past weekend.
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Well … join the club!
I have a 22 m.o. plus a 3,5 y.o. and I have to do all that you mentioned an 4 hours of working on my PC. The only list I do any more is … shopping :-)
Nice photos (as always)!
This was a very unorganized post. You need organizational help.
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Love you sis! Sorry we missed ya’ll this weekend. We’re still lovin’ on our sick lil’ kiddo’. She’s a little better- but still had a fever this morning.
This is how I feel as well. I would really like to know how those Mom’s that have it all together really do it. Do you think maybe they are just saying they have it all together? I’d love to find peace in my daily routine. I always feel like I should be doing something else though.
Umm…let you in on a secret. No one has it all together. Just remember that and you’ll be fine. Stuff will get done. Don’t let those everyday moments pass you by. Great pictures – what a beautiful place.
PS: I like simplemom.net – great resource.