On Focus.
Do you ever have so much to say but no time to share it?
I’ve been having a really hard time staying focused this summer. It seems that the minute I begin one task, the next task jumps in my brain and my body automatically switches to the next subject. I’m starting a lot of things and finishing few. I know I have about 10 urgent things on my to do list, but the actual list is nowhere to be found and I don’t remember what it is. I constantly feel like I’m forgetting someone or something, but I’m not.
With Ali on the go – like really, truly, ON THE GO – I find myself unable to complete any house projects either. I can start cleaning the kitchen, but then I peek in the living room and see she’s climbed something and has a stick hanging dangerously out of her mouth. Or I open the gate for one tiny second and Ali comes barreling through to run up the stairs. Raffi wasn’t like this, but she is just On The Move. It’s funny because she was the most relaxed, easygoing baby I’ve ever met. Now she’s the most rambunctious wild girl. She doesn’t walk – she runs. She doesn’t talk – she yells. She doesn’t push – she shoves. The baby playground? Forget it. She wants to go down the biggest, baddest slide and she wants whatever you have in your hands. Basically everything is to the max. It’s really fun and really tiring at the same time.
I’m considering deleting that last paragraph, but I won’t. I have a tough time writing about my kids openly because the internet is forever. I am always questioning why I even put a single photo or share a single thing about them on the internet, yet I keep doing it.
I feel like summertime in my life means a perpetually messy house, a full laundry basket despite how often I do the laundry, and a ton of sunblock. We are having the time of our lives, and I can already say that this summer has been even more fun than last year’s incredible summer. Yet I still feel stressed about the chaos of it all sometimes.
I need to relearn some focusing techniques so I can get it all done. I’m struggling balancing work and adventures and family and birthday parties and friends and myself. Any tips?
I am glad you write about your kids because these are the sweet things you want to remember forever. I know I always ask my mom to tell me stories from my child hood and it would be awesome if I could look back if she had kept a blog 🙂
I have a very, very active nearly 8 month old and I’m in the first trimester of my second pregnancy. My son is 0 to 60 in the blink of an eye. I feel like I wrote this post. I have no advice. Lol. Just keep swimming!