Ok, so here is the top three things I rationalize to make my behavior acceptable. I know, kinda sad, but admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery Right?????
1. Cook dinner or pick up something? Liz train of thought.....hmmm well cooking something would be more economical and healthy and better nutrition for my kids. BUT BUT BUT they probably wouldn't eat it anyway, and they Love chicken nuggets. And I wouldn't have to clean the kitchen? And they could eat in the car on the way home! SOLD
2. Folding Laundry -- I am just going to wait until all of the laundry is washed and dried before I sit down and fold. See this would be great, if the actual every bit of laundry being clean ever happened in my house. But it doesn't.
3. Nagging my husband -- It is my responsibility to help get him to heaven. Who else is going to tell him if he is not doing things to my specifications. NAG NAG NAG -- see I am just helping him out, since I know whats best for him.
Ok, so don't judge. Rationalization happens hourly in my case. For those of you who are self controlled and able to temper your mind to only do what is best all the time, I need a lesson, please!!!
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The one thing that I have found that helps is to prevent it from happening in the first place (avoiding the occasion of sin). You know you are busy and tired at the end of the day, you are hungry, the kids are hungry and if you don't have a reasonable plan you can stick to, you WILL get fast food. This is ok sometimes, but if you don't want it to happen all the time try to make a plan before it happens. Pack a little, easy to hand out snack for the car ride home for you and the kids. Not too much or they won't eat dinner, but enough that will get you through the temptation. (Baby Mum Mums would work great for G, how about raisins and goldfish for JG?). Check out a crock pot cookbook from the library (I like Fix It and Forget It) and copy a few promising recipies. Now, you can either prepare the food in the pot the morning before your dinner, or the evening before that. Whichever works best for your schedule. The idea is the ease the stress not add to it. If you do it the evening before, pop it in the fridge and then you can just put it on the warmer before you leave for work.
ReplyDeleteStart thinking about little things you can do during down times to ease some of the stress during busy times and soon you'll see that at least some of the rationalizing doesn't happen as much. Sounds like you are an incredibly busy momma, and so taking a little extra time to think about these things may not be so easy. But if you do, you'll soon find you can go back on autopilot, but with a little more peace about what you are doing.
Hang in there Liz! You are doing great!
~Candice
the nagging one. LOL. so true.
ReplyDeletecheers.
thanks for the advice on baby and sleeping! we have co-slept off and on (sometimes she likes it, sometimes she doesn't). i think those new ads on co-sleeping are seriously ridiculous.