Part of my year of taking care of myself and being a little selfish involves thinking about what I want and need. With Mother’s Day coming up I thought this was the perfect time to share my “to do for me list”. I am always writing to do lists for myself but this time I wrote one for my family!
Here it is:
1) Plan, cook and clean up dinner
2) Repair the door handle in the hallway
3) Put up a light in the living room
4) Breakfast in bed
5) Clean out your closets and bag stuff for donation
6) Let me sleep in
7) Make me a cup of tea afterschool
8) Walk the dog without arguing for a week
9) Weed the garden beds
10) Come grocery shopping with me and help unpack it all.
Those are some examples of what I have in store for my own family this Mother’s Day and beyond. I hope it inspires you to make a “To Do for Me” list of your own. There really aren’t a lot of materialistic things I want. I want and need help and I have to learn to ask for it. If I don’t, I end up looking and feeling less like the person I want to be. Trying to be all things to everyone else leaves you with nothing left for yourself. Write a list and ask for help so that you have some time this Mother’s Day that is just for you.
