Proud

Tonight I am just a little bit proud of myself and a few significant others around me. It is all centred around an amazing swimming event that I just love. I love it because of what it represents, which to me is home, challenge, adversity and triumph. Today was my 9th. Each one so different, […]

Done and dusted

I feel like I have been on a roller coaster and then run a marathon. This week has been huge. Between our family members we have seen every emotion……. at least once. We have started high school, started new swim squads, started piano, started basketball and started new work hours. And after two months of […]

The eve of change….

Here I am…….. 5pm on the eve of school going back (one child at high school for the first time) and a significant change to my work hours. I am excited and positive about how this year will go, with just a small touch of apprehension. Being a working mum is tough. It is super […]

Being a kid

Today was all about being a kid……… for the whole family. We are in the city for a couple of nights and after watching our favourite soccer team (or should I call it football?) win last night, today was about fun. There has been bouncing, bowling, shopping and swimming. It struck me part way through […]

Potential

Wow, it has been a whole week since I last blogged. A week of trudging through mud! Like so many mothers out there, I am counting down the days. I love my kids, but 8 weeks off is such a longgggggg time. They are in desperate need of some structure and routine, as am I. […]

Screen time vs mean time

So I don’t know what is going on with me but this is the third attempt at writing a blog I am happy with publishing. I am not usually like this with writing, normally I just kind of blurt it out and it is done. But not this week. I feel really uneasy. I am […]

Silly me

Just a follow up to yesterday’s crazy woman blog…… I had a good day today and am feeling much better, all because I went easy on myself, I exercised and I took time out for me. It was all about expectations. The expectations I had placed on myself yesterday were unrealistic and hard. In the […]

Some days are harder than others

Today was a tough one. There were many things sent to test me……….as a professional, as a mother and as a wife. It is a natural instinct for me to question my ability. One thing leads to another and what seem like unrelated doubts, culminate in a plummet in confidence. The most annoying thing about […]

Celebrate our differences

The last few days have brought home to me how different we all are. This might seem obvious, but often we get caught up in the notion we should be doing certain things or should be feeling a certain way. We put pressure on ourselves if we feel differently. I read a great article this […]

It’s a new year! Welcome 2019

2019 has arrived and with it………… the start of ‘A life less stressed’ blog. The focus will be taken off ‘Stressaholic’ (although I cannot change my website wording, so it will always be a little reminder of how far I have come), because that is not who I want to be anymore, I left her […]