04/10/2025
REAL LIFE POST! - grab your choice of drink on this wet and windy Saturday. I'm going try be a comedian.
SOOOO MANY PEOPLE think I have it all together.
I don't and I will take you personally on a tour of my chaotic life one day. But I don't currently have the time. There are 20 tabs open on my laptop to remind me I have TOO MUCH to do. It's giving my husband more of a headache than dealing with me personally gives him.
But still, to the point. My life in a nut shell β¬β¬
Work wise - YES. Absolutely smashing it. I have a diary bursting with 121 clients, a start up of online clients, regular massage clients & still manage a few extra hours in a second job (if you're self employed with kids you'll know why I keep this little one on the side π).
But the bigger picture?
I have 3 maidens full, the dryer on the go, the washer is still full AND I have shirts hanging off the curtain rail.
They'll make it into a nice pile in a few days then next weekend maybe my OH will put them away. But I personally, I live out of my ironing basket.
I have quick teas in the freezer for my 3 kids who DONOT EAT THE SAME BLOODY THING. I do not eat what my family eats. The smallest eats my meals sometimes. I succeeded with atleast one child to get fruit AND veg in their diet. Been on that rollercoaster almost 12 years but whatever. Child 3, nailed it.
I am not a 100% from scratch every day kinda gal. I am 'get the job done, make life easy for your damn self but make it healthy' kinda gal. Chicken & Rice, mayflower curry sauce and a s**t load of mushrooms. Job done.
There are walls needing wallpaper - my house is not aesthetically pleasing.
There are holes in several of my kids socks because when mum goes 'Child, put those socks in the bin' What they actually do is put them back in their draw because they wasn't listening, then PUT THEM BACK ON days later
Like WTF. We are not short on black socks!
Me and my husband don't eat together often. We pass at the door a lot. My clients have seen us hand off the kids and crack on many times.
I average 5 days before I rewash my hair.
I prioritize going the gym over absolutely anything. It's worth it because hell, my arse looks good in my gym shorts π€·ββοΈ
I swear like a trooper - honesty, it's shocking & my 3 year old is a parrot π
My car - I literally have zero luck. I attract the engine lights on cars more than I attract my husband.
The point I'm aiming at?
Stop trying to do it all.
Stop trying to be 'perfect' - I bet you're amazing without doing it all.
It's ok to just live.
Stop burning yourself out, we're no good to anyone running on zero.
Washing can wait - lets be honest, it aint going anywhere.
Bad days are ok.
Kids will ruin the walls (your sanity, kitchen cupboards & bank account, fu***rs)
And NEVER compare yourself.
Especially to me. I'm bat s**t crazy with a terrible obsession with ducks, gym shorts & coffee. I spent money where I shouldn't and will proudly tell you that as much as I love them, my kids are nobheads sometimes. Nob. Heads,
Be wonderfully you π€
Not sure I made my point but I've just spent 45 minutes writing this thing.
