Do you drive your kids around to soccer, dance, little league, karate, gymnastics, etc. because you know that physical activity is a good thing, but complain because you aren’t in the kind of shape you’d like to be in? Are you so busy with all the other stuff that you have to do that you rarely have time for a run, walk, bike ride, step or yoga class for yourself?
well… I have my regular routine here. I get myself to the gym for a killer boot camp class two mornings a week and to yoga once a week. One of these days (SOON!) I’m gonna have to get my butt out and start training for the 1/2 marathon I signed up for in September.
But I admit, this is one of the first things to go when things get crazy… and then I get crazy. A week without my regular yoga class I can handle- two weeks in a row… GRRR!
You’d think that after 9 years of getting up before the sun to go run or work out, I’d find it easy to do.
WRONG…
Every dang morning I try to talk myself out of it. Some days I succeed and succumb to the warm softness of the bed.
But then I kick myself for the rest of the day. And that gets old!
My husband is a real support here. If he senses that I’m about to shut off the alarm and roll over, he reminds me that I always feel better when I get up and get out there.
And he’s right.
Especially when I’m graced with the incredible sight of the sun coming up and turning the mountains all shades of pink. That’s the best part of all.
But it’s a battle every morning.
Maybe you support your kid’s artistic pursuits: music lessons, drama camp, art enrichment and all that, but you haven’t touched the piano in years, and the most creative thing you’ve done lately is cut your kid’s sandwiches into cute shapes?
This is a big one for me. I realized when we started music classes with our son when he was a toddler just how much I’d missed having music be a regular part of my life. These days, I sing with an Agnella group and have joined my son in learning to play the violin. (He’s much better than I am- but he practices a lot more!)
It’s my firm conviction that we all intrinsically creative beings, and need regular outlets for this creativity, otherwise it gets all jammed up and makes us cranky. Whether it’s cooking, gardening, scrapbooking, singing, dancing, painting,
WHATEVER…
We all need some kind of creative expression like we need food and water.
These are two more areas where I see moms taking such good care of their kids, and not such good care of themselves!
How about you? What keep your body and spirit energized? Do you have a favorite run, a class you love, or a group to create with? What do you have to do to make it happen?
Let us know!
