Choose Your Life: A Travel Guide for Living (For Parents)
A Multi-Generational Book Filled with Life-Changing Skills
I’m going to tell you a true story that happened a few years ago because now it FINALLY hit me —–! I can be slow at times, sorry…
At the time, I was struggling with work, my miscarriage, Bob’s SAHD road and an author I know, Karen Gedig Burnett, sent me this book. As a friend. It was/is called Choose Your Life: A Travel Guide for Living. I was like…yeah, whatever…but put it next to my bed stand.
I was still ready to KEEP stewing in my Misery.
Then, one day, I opened up the book, randomly it happened to open on page 76 to a section that read “Making Demands of Life-Musty’ Thinking.” I Must, I Have, I Need To…..those demands we push and pull and put on ourselves is, well, EXHAUSTING. I thought…..GO ON……
So what do we do? Not much. Balk at not wanting to make those changes?
And that’s just not right. And, I was NOT going to do that!!!! So, I read…took notes, and it helped me.
Thank you, Karen for this lovely book and the reminder to always allow time to:
A. Adjust Your Feelings. YOU control YOUR feelings. Own it.
B. BALANCE YOURSELF! Staying Centered and Focused (this keeps me balanced and RELAXED)
C. CONTROL THROUGH Meditation. I’m not talking about taking yoga and doing OMMMMMSSS…I’m talking about one on one with yourself. Everyone needs that!
I made this up from her books to help me remember the ABCs of any struggle that can come up any given day! It always works for me.
“Happiness is not in our circumstance but in ourselves. It is not something we see, like a rainbow , or feel, like the heat of a fire. Happiness is something we are” John B. Sheerin (Author)
And, I thought, during my ‘control time’, that I need more ‘me’ time. I thought, I need to do less Momma’s Bacon posts.
Sounds familiar, huh? I tried this before and, then, well, when I found out I was pregnant with Brie, I got scared dealing with an earlier miscarriage, and -WELL – you know, I love to write about my family. They are who I am. I WANT TO REMEMBER these days, these times; good and bad.
BUT, I CHOOSE LIFE. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll keep writing, Momma’s Bacon is my name now. I can’t escape it.
OINK! OINK!
But, maybe, just maybe I’ll just write from time to time. You know, when I have something important to say. Or when I’m like…I’m bored, let’s do a book review! And maybe you won’t forget me. Or maybe you will. That’s ok, too.
My New Year’s Resolution is “CHOOSE MY LIFE”. Because no one should choose it for me.
So, I get to do what I want (ok, within reason) and do what makes me happy. My time with my family and kids makes me happy. Documenting it makes me happy. The TIME to document it while working FULL TIME – not so happy. So, something has got to give. And, it’s my blog time. You understand. You get it. It’s not you. It’s me. We aren’t breaking up. We are just ‘taking a break’. Remember, Rachel and what’s his face had a kid after their break?
Anyway, all kidding aside, CHOOSE YOUR LIFE, if you have never done so. And keep going…….and keeping saying, ‘I’m a perfectly imperfect human being!” I tend to be a workaholic, so let me choose to slow it down. I like that. It’s not going to be EASY.
Resolutions are not SUPPOSED tobe easy….but I think I can stick this one out. I’m much happier in a park with my child than in a cubicle with co-workers who despise each other.
A, B, C, baby, easy as 1, 2, 3…right? Bless me Lord!
Thanks for following and for your continued SUPPORT and LAUGHTER!
Choose Your Life: A Travel Guide for Living (For Parents)
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