"Expectation is the mother of all frustration." - Antonio Banderas. Before I had my first, I had so many thoughts and dreams running through my head. What type of mother I was going to be. The activities baby and I would do. Who I would spend time with and who would help out with the new baby. I think some of the romanticizing was due to social media but a lot of it came down to the mother I wanted to be. I decided to leave teaching (kindergarten) after 7 years to stay home with my new baby boy. He was born right at the start of COVID (March 2020) but I can honestly say that didn't affect me much. Our town was so remote and didn't really seemed touched by the pandemic in the ways other parts of the country were. The beginning was hard. My husband and I were very shook by our new roles and having no real way to navigate those feelings and thoughts. My family was over a thousand miles away, trying to come visit, but the country's crisis was keeping them put. Our mental health struggled. What we expected was not what was happening.
I was loving my role but also craving more of a rhythm and routine that I had to my days prior to baby. What was I doing wrong? This lasted for well over a year in the mean time I was doing everything I could to make my days seem a little more controllable. At this point we had our 2nd baby, life was still feeling chaotic and we were expecting another little boy in January. I knew I needed to get this figured out.
I had a lot of strategies that I had picked up along the way but I wasn't implementing them, not even the small ones. So I thought there's no better time than the present. I didn't want to be the mom just going through my days complaining about may kids - I wanted to enjoy it! I decided to start applying those well thought out strategies consistently. The results I saw were life changing as a mother. Now I'm here to share them with you!
Reading and self improvement.
Being home with the ones I love.
Being organized and having rhythms set in place.
Warm sunny days.
connecting with you so you can leave the overwhelm behind and step into this new phase of motherhood with confidence and excitement.
with small changes over time you can set yourself and day up for success even if things don't always go as planned.
find strategies and routines that help you get out of the burnout and into a fulfilling and peaceful connection with motherhood.
– Matthew 6:30
"And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you."
Nothing happens over night but with simple changes to your day you can have peace too. No one gets to tell you how to live your life but you. You get to decide everyday when you wake up and make choices that reflect that way of living. Don't let those negative thoughts consume you. Decide to move through to the other side and set yourself up for success. Nothing worth having is easy - go after what you want and don't hold back!
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