"Thank you for flying with us today, Please make sure your tables and chairs are in their upright and closed position and please direct your attention to our quick safety demonstration. In the unlikely case of a change in cabin pressure, oxygen masks will fall from the ceiling, please secure your own mask before assisting others".
However many times you’ve heard this demonstration or should I should say” tuned it out” while flying, I would like to bring new light to it. I would like to ask you “How many times in a day do you, as moms (specifically stay at home mom) help your little ones with their “oxygen masks” before you apply your own?
As a stay/work at home mom with a 3 year old and a 10 month old, it can be hard and isolating to be at home with them all day every day. As one of my friends once said “Before you have kids, you dream of being able to stay at home with them, but when that dream comes through, you feel it’s not really what you thought it would be.
If you can relate to this at all, I have a few questions to ask.
What brings you “oxygen”? What gives you energy? What revives or refreshes you? What is your outlet? What is something that is your own? Where are your new challenges? What is something that gives you purpose?
And I’m not just talking about taking a bubble bath during nap time, instead of doing laundry or cleaning, or in sheer desperation locking (Or for most of us, actually shutting) the door while going to the washroom. Those little things do help and do bring us a quick pulse of “oxygen”. But there needs to be more, something deeper that adds value to our life that is our own!
So, what are you going to look into today? Look into joining a book club, Join a fitness class (not just the gym), A new home business or work in home opportunity (this is what I did), join a weekly play group with other moms, volunteer for something that you are passionate about, join a choir or musical group and the list really does go on and on.
But let me encourage you to find something that adds value. You won’t believe the difference in will make in your life and in your relationships. For me finding something has changed the way I view myself and that flows over in every aspect of my life.
