It’s hard being an introverted mom sometimes, isn’t it?
You accidentally yell at the kids to be quiet. (Oops. I should be quiet, too.)
You love your kids – but they’re talking too much, too loudly, all at once.
(Robert’s Rules of Order, anyone? Somehow I don’t think they’d work on three-year-olds – alas.)
You want your own quiet time (aka mommy recharge time). But without making the kids feel like they’re at fault. That if you didn’t have them, you’d be happy.
And that’s a challenge. No mistake.
But you’ve got this – you’re an action-taking, problem-solving woman, as Allie Casazza says.
And so, what do you do?
Solve that problem.
Take action.
What’s the real problem here?
You need time when the house is quiet. For your brain to recharge.
When you don’t get some quiet periods, you get snappish, low, and tapped out.
(Ask me how I know – in fact, ask any introverted mom in your friend circle! We’ve all been there.)
True story: The fastest way to get me burnt out is to take away my afternoon quiet time. To send unexpected guests to my door who expect to be entertained all through naptime.
That sends me straight to frazzle town, and drains me right when I need to show up for supper prep and evening cleanup.
But the flip side of this – a mom who knows what she needs (3 hours of quiet) and when she needs it (during the afternoon) is an empowered, introversion-honoring woman.
And spoiler alert, that’s exactly what we’re going to turn you into during your time in #Momlife Made Easy.
Because you get to be her.
Quit waiting for your family to magically see what you need and give it to you.
And now, take action.
How can you make this quiet time happen? How can you give yourself what you need?
(Because your family isn’t going to magically see what you need and give it to you – you have to identify it for yourself. Then make it happen.)
Let’s see. Quiet time.
Aha! Could you have your own quiet time while they’re having theirs in the afternoon?
They don’t bother you, you do something you love, quiet hours are strictly enforced.
(“No, it’s not three o’clock yet. Go back to your room. You can come out when it’s three.”)
Maybe you need a little more….
Do you need another break block in the day?
(If you’ve been up and at ‘em since the wee hours due to your littlest one, maybe you need a 10am break.)
Why not recess for your at-home crowd?
It’s a restorative pause for you after the (long) morning, plus a chance for the other kids to run their wiggles off.
(Outside, so you don’t have to hear the noise.)
Hmm. A little break before lunch might be just the ticket.
Then you can start prepping lunch with energy (instead of wondering how you’re going to get through the next couple hours till naptime).
See what you can do today.
Make life better for yourself. Honor your introversion.
You’re an action-taking, problem-solving woman – Allie Casazza says so.
I know so.
Go do this.
Which block during your afternoon (or morning!) are you going to mark off as “mama’s time” today?
