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This experimonth helped me reclaim my alone time without feeling selfish or guilty, which is something I’ve struggled with since becoming a mother. I rediscovered long, solitary early morning runs, without the added weight of pushing a toddler in a jogging stroller. I figured out that I can still bake bread in the summertime without running the central air at full blast, as long as I get the oven fired up before the day’s heat sets in. My gardens are happy because they’re finally being tended to. There was some trial and error: I pulled enough muscles to realize I am an evening yoga person, not a morning yoga person. I left enough dishes/laundry/etc “for the morning” that the novelty of putting off household work quickly wore off. The only downside for me is that I’m both a morning person and a night owl – I haven’t slept more than five hours straight since probably the eighth grade. I had more bleary-eyed mornings in June that I care to admit, but that only made my Sunday sleep-ins all the more enticing – I think I’ve finally learned to appreciate a good night’s rest. Overall, I’m a much happier person for June’s experimonth. I’d have never guessed that such a seemingly small adjustment to my morning schedule would make such a big difference.
