I grew up in the 40's and absorbed the teachings of what a good wife and mother should be like. Always have the house clean, the ironing done, dinner on the table when the husband comes home from work. (Not that I was able to live up to these teachings) Don't bring up important subjects in the evening because he has had a hard day at work and needs his relaxing time... and more. I remember feeling guilty if I wanted to read a book if there were dirty dishes in the sink or if I hadn't ironed my husband's work shirt yet. Oh so much time wasted feeling guilty about not being enough.
Fast forward to 2017 - everything has changed (or has it)? Women work outside the home, they can order their dinner on the phone and pick it up on the way home. Or order boxes of food to be delivered to the door to be cooked.
But women still stress over being enough no matter what era we were raised in. I wonder how my Granddaughter does it all with a full time job, two sons and a big house.
I want to add that I like things better now. When hubby retired he took over the housekeeping and laundry. I haven't ironed since I gave it up years ago. I still love to cook but I don't need to ask "can we go out to eat" anymore. I know and love myself better.
Taking time for ourselves is so important. If we give ourselves away to everyone else we can get overloaded and it can make us sick. So we need to take OUR time - whether it is reading a book, chatting with our friends or taking a nice long bubble bath.
What do you do to destress? Do you feel guilty when you take time for yourself?
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