Need More Time??

As a Parent Educator, I hear similar stories everywhere I go.  Everyone tells me they need more hours in the day to get all their stuff done - ESPECIALLY parents.  I used to be one of those parents - had to have all my ducks in a row, had sub-lists on my to do lists, expected perfection of self and all those around me.  And then something happened on my way to the hospital to deliver baby number 2 - I lost my mind. I came home from the hospital a strange new person - I came home with a new inner voice! 

My new inner voice said - "Who cares if the house looks lived in - it is!", "Who cares if the child picks out its own clothes and they don't match - they can dress themselves!", "Look there is someone looking to take that baby and hold it - yippee you can take a break!", "Feeling tired - have a nap, everyone else in the house is!", "Your friends have invited you out without the children - oh goody you can have grownup time!". 

This new inner voice had chucked out the old inner voice and replaced it with language that was new - and although unfamiliar and so unlike me I discovered I LIKED IT!!

So parents, need time? Then it's time to get rid of that old inner voice and welcome in a new inner voice that focuses on spending time with family - after all isn't that why we chose to create a family in the first place?