Making Time for Sanity–Mamavation Monday

This past summer, I felt like I was completely derailed.  

Working full-time from home, with two kids on summer vacation, filling in with summer activities, and me being very civicly involved, left me wasted at the end of most days.  To top it off, I became a single mom.  And for the first time, I was learning to truly “juggle it all.” 

By the end of the summer, though, I settled into the new chaotic routine.  Having patience and a desire to organize our time better helped.

I’ve had to scale back on some of my involvement with outside activities, but it’s worth it to be able to have quality time with my kids when I have them (vs. me being very frazzled) and being able to snag up some time for myself to recommit to fitness.

Since I live in rural Nebraska, my options are a bit more limited in terms of being able to mix things up.  I get bored easily with gyms.  I was thrilled to find Blue Yoga, only 30 miles from me.  After I attended my first class there, I felt proud of myself (not guilty) for getting back to making time for me a priority.  I anxiously await the fall Zumba class to get some more movement into my life as well. Plus, what a blast!





The best thing I did for myself this summer as we prepared to go back to school is physically organize my work space.  I feel that went miles in helping me feel like the rest of my life was organized.  This meant rearranging to make the space more usable, buying shelving and post-it pads for making lists.  I live my life by list making and get such a sense of accomplishment when I cross that last thing off my list each day! 

My go-to tips for staying organized are definitely making realistic lists and getting everything on a calendar that I look at each day to work from.

I was upset with myself for taking that time off this summer and gaining some of the weight back that I had worked so hard to lose.  But, I find now, I needed that time.  Now that I’ve worked through this period of change, it’s time to move on and get back into the swing of things. 

“This post is sponsored by Mabel’s Labels and I’m writing this to be entered into a giveaway hosted by Mamavation – a community dedicated to obesity prevention & weight loss for women.”