I ditched my Apple watch.
The last few months I found myself feeling a lot of angst around the idea of time and space. As a wife and mom of four and a business owner, I must continually tune in to the the energy I bring into our home and evaluate how we spend what precious time we have, especially in this new normal.
It’s so easy to feel tethered to the machine of social media marketing and feel like we have to do all the things ie: manage social algorithms, edit and post all the perfect pictures, and constantly checking my apple watch so I can track E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G. All about my sleep, workouts, messages that are waiting, phone calls, emails, etc. Being connected is important but too much tracking is draining. So, I ditched my watch and never felt more liberated.
Then, I decided to ADD some things to my life. Sounds counterintuitive, right?! Here are a few ways I decided to be more intentional with my time:
I schedule a weekly visit with my 92 year-old grandma. She lives 15 minutes away and I found myself never having time to visit. This is my favorite day of the week by far. At 92, she is chock full of simple wisdom, limitless faith, and a wondrous example of living without attachment to “things.” She raised me from the time I was nine and I use her recipe in the cookies. She was strict growing up but one thing I was always allowed to do was bake. She gave me my first Kitchen-Aid mixer as a teenager and it’s all I ever used till, this “beefed” up version graced my kitchen…
Our family prays a bedtime decade of the rosary and we dedicate it to specific people who need prayers. What a beautiful reminder to think of others before ourselves and not-to-mention helping the kids build a habit of prayer. If you’re in the market for a beautiful handmade rosary, this one has my heart.
I make my three school-aged kids hug me immediately when they get home from school each day. Not a “one arm, sluggish lean-in” hug, but a “two hands all the way around and squeeze for dear life” hug. We all need hugs, and especially as the kids get older, I want them feeling connected and remind them how important they are. No matter how their day at school was, they smile and love our new daily squeeze ritual.
These blog posts are new to me so thanks for being here! I love having a new way to connect and get to know each other. Come again next week and hear more ramblings of a tired mama in constant pursuit of a joyful, faith-filled, and intentional life who also happens to bake and decorate cookies for a living.