My word for the year 2017 is "self-care". What does this mean? Could it mean something different to each person? Yes, certainly. To me, this means putting myself back on the "to do" list. I was doing so well with this, then life did what life has a tendency to do, and turned itself on its head again. Our oldest son came back to live with us, after a challenging few years for him. We promised to allow him to live rent-free in our house, and help him pay to go back to a community college for a new program. This was pretty much the last chance for help from mom and dad, at this point.
I didn't realize at the time, how much my husband and I had grown used to living in a house with no children (grown, or young). We had grown accustomed to our relaxed, slower lifestyle- focusing on ourselves, and our relationship. It was certainly a challenge to get used to our twenty-six year old living with us (after living on his own for seven years). I also didn't realize how difficult it would be for me to hold on to myself during this transition period. Between helping our son settle in, and financially rearranging things to support him, it was four months I am ready to put behind me.
Partially because of these changes, and partially because I was purposefully being incredibly lazy, I re-gained ten pounds, stopped exercising, went backwards with budgeting, and I just need a re-set.
What better timing than the new year? So, here goes nothing!
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