Oh Crap! – Musings of an Unperfect Mommy

Back to Basics

September 7, 2022

After an extremely tear filled day Monday, I had a small epiphany yesterday – it’s time to get back to basics. That means these are the three things I’m making priorities:
1. Taking care of ME
2. Taking care of MY FAMILY
3. Taking care of MY HOME
Yeah – that’s all I need to keep my mind on right now. I might even add in praying for me, my family, and our needs. I’m probably the only person in my family praying for us so I need to do that. In the movie “The Prize Winner of Defiance Ohio”, Evelyn Ryan said that her children were who she prayed for – “That’s where all my prayers went”. I need to do the same.

What I’m getting rid of is following some people (outside of family) on social media – I’m listening to too many outside voices. The only voices I need to be listening to are God’s voice and my own. We are the only two people I need to be following.

So, I came up with my back to basics lists and I’m putting them into practice as of yesterday. It felt so good to just do the housework, run errands, and have a Starbucks with two of my kids. My kids and I also made a fantastic taco dinner complete with brownies and the conversation was delightful. At the end of the day I was tired but satisfied. I slept like a log too.

Today I’m a little off, but I can jump back in to my routines with ease. No housework is seriously backed up and I only have two errands to do that I can piggyback when I’m out taking kids to work. When the weather is cooler I’m going to piggyback a park walk with that as well. I’ve got to get outside for mental as well as physical health.

I had a back to basics page that I wrote up years ago when I was roughly in the same spot as I am now, but I deleted it because I got my ducks in a row and was managing. So, now, it’s an updated list and it’s time to get back to basics again. I feel better already.

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