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]]>Half term means the (self-proclaimed) Northern Love Machine is at home. With my job working (mainly) from home and his job teaching, it means that school holidays are an opportunity for us all to spend time together, as a family. Except for the days like today, when we are all on top of each other, I am feeling panicked about not getting any work done and the house feels like a pressure cooker of frayed tempers and bad moods.
Today was not a good day.
By about 2pm I felt like crying. I hadn’t got all my work finished, my three year old was bored and demanding attention, my husband was tired and out of ideas for ways to entertain her. I had given up on work about an hour before, instead trying to coax my child into having a nap. I felt cross with her and cross with him and cross with myself. Mostly, I felt cross with myself.
When bedtime eventually rolled around I was defeated. Silently cursing myself for not doing better today and pleasing everyone, being there for those who are the most important, I felt like a failure. And then Frog turned to me and said, “Mummy, I’ve had a great day today. Thank you.”
And then it hit me.
Why as a mum do we focus so much on the things we do badly rather than the minor achievements of our day? I’d been beating myself up for not spending enough time with my daughter, while she was still excited by the 45 minutes we had at the park. So I decided to look back on the day and record all my wins, rather than my fails.
Here’s what I came up with:
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