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What Do You Need in Your Life?
When I worked on the national staff of Teach For America, I learned about a helpful exercise for cultivating work/life balance (although we didn’t call it that; the exact name is escaping me). And it’s very simple.… Read MoreIt goes something like this:
You make a list of what you need in your life on a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly basis.
I’m feeling the need to sit down and think through my list again (I’ve done this exercise a lot!). I want to make sure I find that delicate balance between my own needs and my growing baby’s needs.
So here it goes:
Daily
- Engaging and meaningful work
- Approximately eight
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How to Ease the Transition into Parenthood
After enumerating many challenges related to having a baby around in yesterday’s post, I’m back to try and generate proactive strategies for making the transition a tad bit smoother.Here are some thoughts:
- Go for a daily walk with a friend: This will help me stay healthy, and it will give me a healthy dose of adult conversation. Luckily, I have a neighbor who is due a couple weeks before me. It’s perfect!
- Figure out how we’re going to feed ourselves: I know my birthing class will address this. My midwife wants me to set up a calendar of friends who will drop off food. The only problem with getting
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Why It’s Hard to Have an Infant
I know that having an infant is going to be hard, but I’m determined to ease the transition as much as possible.… Read MoreBefore I can brainstorm strategies for easing the transition, I need to identify what’s hard about it (recognizing that my perspective is very limited at this point!). Here are some of my ideas:
- Exhaustion: Yeah, having a little baby is pretty synonymous with sleep deprivation. But what causes the sleep deprivation? I think it’s several different things: not getting full cycles of REM sleep (due to frequent night feedings), trying to keep up with all the normal demands of life (like grocery shopping, cooking, and cleaning) while trying
