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[quote=Anonymous]S I M P L I F Y. You’re draining your time and energy on things unnecessarily.

This is going to sound ridiculous but a lot of the things I was doing to “help” myself feel better were actually stressing me out more. 
(1) racing up and down stairs tidying up like a lunatic and then getting kids out of the house (with nowhere to go) for the cleaning lady 1x week
(2) half day preschool for one of my 3 children meant waking them all up early and dressing and packing lunch, cutting into virtual learning schedule for older kid to do drop off and pick up. Now I just homeschool them all. So liberating. Freedom. 
(3) it is amazing how much more time I have without all the little pta and room mom obligations. Yes, these positions made me feel connected to the community in non-covid times.
Now they just feel annoying. 
(4) I had a babysitter for a while who I didn’t totally trust re: social distancing. It’s honestly less stressful to not worry about it. Let her go and learned how to give myself more breaks while I’m home with the kids. (Hint: quiet time + boundaries)
(5) cut the screen time. Or really limit it to an absolutely necessary time. For us, that’s dinner prep time. Kids get good and bored during the day and do amazing things like... read and make things. Also cuts the guilt I had when they were watching tv more.

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