My reason for starting this blog was to encourage myself to start putting me first once in a while. Staying at home to watch my daughter grow has been a gift; I love that I get to spend my days with her. But somewhere amidst the toddler-time and the swimming lessons, I feel like I've lost myself. Like all the things I used to enjoy and the aspects of my life that made me "me" have been erased by my new role. My husband works away a lot and that brings on its own unique set of challenges. One of those being a tremendous amount of guilt when asking people to watch my kid so I can go do other things. Especially when those things don't feel "important" enough to warrant a sitter. But that's some bullshit thinking right there. So last week I traded in my mom-guilt for something new: I have Grandma booked for the next 8 weeks and I'm going to art class. Art and creating is one of those things I loved doing, so I registered myself for an Adult Mixed Media class over at the Cathedral Art School and Studio.
Classes start this week and I'll be sharing my creations on here. I think it will be an outlet for me to learn some new skills, and to do something 100% for myself and completely unrelated to parenting. What do you do for yourself? Or what would you like to be doing?
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