Or You’re Doing it RIGHT
It’s feeling fulfilled Friday on MamaBlogga! Here’s how it works:
- Make a list of things that make you feel accomplished (but aren’t so huge that they take more than a day or a week)
- During the week, try to focus on those things that help us feel accomplished
- Report on feeling fulfilled Friday
This week has been okay. Honestly, I haven’t made much of an effort to focus on the things on my 
list, but looking back, I did make an effort to turn off the TV for significant time a few times. In bigger news, I finished my latest round of revisions on my manuscript, so that feels good, and I wrote a first draft of a short story, which felt great!
But the constant bickering that marks motherhood is really starting to wear on me: the kids fighting with each other, the kids fighting with me on every little thing. I can only stand so many decibels per day, and the whining and screaming and the bickering drive me crazy. And it seems like if we were doing a good job of parenting, they would eventually learn that screaming and fighting don’t help anyone (and just make mom mad!).
This morning, however, I caught a moment alone (and got to shower!), and I realized that this is just one example of how we’re doing it right. If we just gave in every time to try to avoid the tantrum, they wouldn’t learn anything, and would probably be more difficult to live with!
So just because motherhood is hard doesn’t mean we’re doing it wrong—in fact, it may mean we’re doing it right!
What have you done to feel accomplished this week? What have you done right this week?
3 replies on “Feeling Fulfilled Fridays (Five)”
This was not my week. I kept forgetting to report in or blog about it for the last four weeks when I actually felt super fulfilled. Wouldn’t you know it, the week I remember is the week I bit it hard. I have taken some spiritual strides in the last few days though; that always feels great and when I put what I’ve learned into action it will affect my mothering. I’m going to count that. Feeling more fulfilled already;)
You know, I think it’s even more important to work on it when we don’t feel that way. I’ve started to find, looking back over my week, that I can find some of those little moments where I did a good job, and little things to feel fulfilled about.
Please, jump in any time!
It’s been a little bit of a rough week around here too. What with potty training and daddy being out of town I’m more than ready for a break this weekend. However, I was proud of myself for getting everyone to school and even doing a successful outing by myself. Here’s hoping I can hold it together until bedtime tonight! 🙂