WHEN YOUR BODY, MIND AND NERVES HAVE ENOUGH!

“Taking care of myself doesn’t mean me first, it means me too.”
L.R. KNOST

NERVES

Working in a corporation where every week there’s a new project to be done so fucking quickly and the deadline kicks your butt again. When you hear every week that this is the last time we’ll work overtime and you stop believing it because you know it’s bullshit.

There is also work waiting for you at home. Your children are waiting to be picked up from school. Do homework with your children and feed your children. Then, in such a drastically magical way, you no longer have a minute for yourself. You don’t have time to quickly shout: “What the fuck is going on?!”

There is no time to hide in rooms and toilets. The time you can sit down has been reduced dramatically to 10 minutes or less. The time to compose one sentence and then write it down in peace no longer exists. Free time about which mothers ask: “What is it?” https://littlepuzzlesandme.com/my-new-look-on-mom-returning-to-work-after-maternity/

Let’s be honest, as a working mother, in my first job I spend half of my time following my boss’s orders. In my second job, I spend half of my time serving my family. Second job – it never ends. Most often, I am last in line for my needs.

“But how long can you live like this?“

MIND

Because I have less and less time, I have become forgetful, which irritates and annoys me terribly. Periods of constant rushing and forgetting make life no longer pleasant for me.

I’m irritated by people at work who ask how my weekend was.

I’m irritated by another mother who says when she finishes work at 2 p.m., she is ready to pick up her kids at 2:10 p.m.

Even the bird on the branch irritates me.

Over the last few months, I’ve had a very exhausting period at work. Luckily, the holidays came and I had more free time, because that was exactly what I needed most. Everything was done without rushing, I managed to remember everything.

All the Christmas shopping, cooking and home decorating went smoothly. The children also rested and helped with many household chores. No one rushed us or expected quick answers. We had time for ourselves again. Once again I saw that my family was so important and again I felt that I only needed my family to be happy.

BODY

And I know that there are women who do not need even a moment to collect their thoughts, women who accept the fact that their needs are pushed into the background. There was also a time when I forgot about myself and went through a period of image neglect and it was degrading to my dignity. I would never want to go back to that state where I acted and looked like a cavewoman. This didn’t suit anyone in my family.

And believe me, someone from your family will help you so that you have free time for yourself, you just need to openly say it, demand it, and remind them about your needs.

You need to take advantage of relaxation, silence, or anything else that works well for your body, nerves, and mind. Excessive responsibilities will slowly destroy you from the inside and turn you into a demon. Well, maybe not so drastically and not immediately into a demon, but certainly into some unknown monster.

Dear Mom, take a rest for a moment or longer and think about your needs as a woman.