After I had kids, I had MUCH less time to myself. I had to eat fast before they woke up and I couldn’t even go to the bathroom whenever I wanted to because I had to tend to the kids\u2019 needs. Sometimes I had only one hour a day to myself. And then I would get to do whatever it was that I wanted to do. It never seemed like enough time but the sliver lining of the situation (apart from the wonderful kids!) was that it made me much better at prioritizing.
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But I discovered that an hour is actually kind of a long time. Recently, I was traveling with the kids and some days I had even less than an hour to myself. It was more like five minutes and I tried to quickly write a blog post. Which is like me saying to myself, \u201cThis is the very most important thing in the world that I could be doing right now, with my five minutes of free time.\u201d I’m not sure that I believe that about this blog, but it\u2019s an interesting perspective to put on an hour, or every five minutes.
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After I had kids, I had MUCH less time to myself. I had to eat fast before they woke up and I couldn’t even go to the bathroom whenever I wanted to because I had to tend to the kids\u2019 needs. Sometimes I had only one hour a day to myself. And then I would … <\/p>\n