I had to learn the hard way about the importance of self-care.
Like other mothers around the world, I do my best to squeeze a few extra minutes out of the day in an attempt to cross off a few more items on my already. I'm a wife; mom of 5- and 4-year-old boys; a deputy editor; a grad school student; a new PTA volunteer; the PTSA delegate for my kindergarten son's school; a community advocate; and am currently working on two local policies to address inequities while advocating for my state to pass legislation for another.
I'm so thankful to be able to work from home, which enables me to run around town before the start of my workday, because I honestly don't know how I would be able to fit errands and grocery shopping in -- let aloneAdvertisement The hustle of grad school aligned with my policy efforts in a perfect storm that became challenging to say the least.Anyone who knows me knows all too well my personal quest to save the world. Yes, I realize it can't be saved, but that doesn't stop the call I feel in my heart to help alleviate the burdens people carry on their shoulders -- due to unjust policies and discrimination -- to make their walk through life a little easier to navigate.
Most days, it just feels as if I'm coming and going in a land-mine-filled routine that's constantly on repeat.PTA. Grad school. Advocacy work. Work-work that pays the bills. Repeat. I don't know if it's the Virgo in me or knowing so many women in my life who would give Wonder Woman a run for her money, butand always with the mentality that I'll rest once my battery slows down.
But the older I get, the more I realize I'm no good to anybody if I try to be everything to everybody.After the fourth day of running around to various places in pursuit of peace on Earth, social justice, and being an involved parent in my sons' schools, I had to put myself in time-out. I was tired, worn down, and had everyone from my husband to my kiddos telling me to go to bed.In my quest to bend over backwards for others, I forgot how to take care of myself -- and that had to change.
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