Hi all, not quite sure where to post this to be honest and it's a bit of a ramble. Also, to those of you with more than one child, I'm sure this will sound like a pathetic whinge but here goes:
I'm just trying to sort out my schedule for September and would really appreciate some advice.
Currently, I only have one 4-yr-old dd who will be at school 8.45-3.30 every week-day and I'm really lucky because I also work those same hours Mon, Wed, Friday, plus three hours on Thursday.
Shouldn't therefore complain but looking at my schedule, it's full of things I have to do, such as shopping, washing, cleaning, language learning (have to for work) and any time I have left I feel I should (but don't really want to) devote to doing some form of exercise (starting slowly - twice a week).
I like to be there for my 4 yr old from when she comes in from school to when she goes to bed and I do - mostly - cook from scratch (apart from Sats). Dh also travels every week but surely motherhood doesn't have to mean giving up everything you enjoy?
Where am I going wrong? Perhaps I'm just really disorganised. I guess this question is really about how to 'triage' personal priorities ...
What do you do when life seems a bit grey and you appear to have no time?
Should I expect to have two or three hours a week to myself to be able to do something I enjoy or is that an unrealistic expectation?
Genuinely interested to know how many hours per week do you get to do something you really WANT to do?
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How many hours do you spend doing things YOU actually want to do per week please?
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Countingthegreyhairs · 21/08/2007 10:54
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