Diaries of a Mother on Fire

I’m going to come straight out and say it. I’m in a funk. A big one too! Being a co-founder of a personal development company for mothers is not helping. It’s making it worse because I also feel guilty for being in a funk. I should be on fire!

This funk has been going on for most of the summer. I couldn’t figure out why I was feeling this way. It’s the summer after all. Summer is supposed to be fun isn’t it? I was telling my husband how I was feeling and he remarked that it would get better in September once the kids started school again and we would go back to a routine. Bang! It hit me! He was absolutely right. I once again fell under the delusion that nothing would change in the summer; that I could continue my life just as it was when the children were in school.

Actually, summer is busier for us. The kids are doing more sports. Their schedule is all over the place. We go on vacation. There’s lots of socializing. We are busy with all the fun parts of summer. What has happened though is that in order to accommodate all the fun stuff I let go of the most important stuff. I let go of a lot of what keeps me centered and happy. I forgot about myself in all the fun. No time for workouts. No time for journaling. No time for me.

As I write this article there are a few weeks left in the summer. There is still time to turn this around. For me to get out of my funk, I need to take time each day for myself. When I do this I feel more centered and connected to who I really am. And this leads to making decisions that are good for both me and my whole family. All of a sudden, funky is feeling a whole lot better!

Written by Renee Walker