Everybody's Fed, Nobody's Dead
Motherhood, Depression, and Imperfection
If you’re a long-time reader of the blog, you might be thinking Uh, Ashley hates throwing elaborate parties, and she’s all about doing bare minimum parenting – why is she trying to get us to throw a St. Patrick’s Day party?
And if you’re thinking that, then yes, you would (normally) be correct!
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If you’ve ever been stressed out by the stack of papers piled high on your kitchen counter, Mama, I feel you.
Motherhood is filled with laundry, stinky diapers, and constantly trying to convince our goblins kids to eat something other than mac ‘n cheese. Really, it’s no surprise that things like organizing paperwork fall low on our priority list.
Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a terrible multi-tasker, and I hate the word “busy”. I get overwhelmed and stressed very easily, and I work hard to continually reevaluate where my time and energy goes.
I firmly believe that I can’t do and be all the things, even though society would lead me to believe that it’s a worthy and achievable goal.
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Stress has, sadly, become a normal part of our daily lives. Our fast-paced world celebrates increased productivity at the risk of our health and mental sanity, and Christmastime is a perfect example of that. I wish we didn’t even have to talk about this, but managing holiday stress needs to become a normal part of our Christmas planning.
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Even though I’m far too much of a hot mess to ever be a “Type A” mom, I’ve always been a list-maker.
As a child, I journaled daily, which I now see helped me process information and remember important details. I often journaled in a bulleted format, listing out what I had done each day or what issues stressed me out.
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