Creative inspiration for busy mamas
Hello all. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas. We have really embraced a typical cold and wet UK Christmas, with all the trimmings. I’m fascinated with Christmas traditions, so I was thrilled when fellow expat Aleasha, of style and travel blog Little Traveller Things, agreed to share some of hers. She grew up in New Zealand but is currently living with her young family in Helsinki. A private home visit from Santa on Christmas Eve was just one of the highlights of their first Finnish Christmas…
How many times today have you felt like squirrelling yourself away today for a little bit of calm and quiet? Maybe in a cupboard with some Jaffa Cakes and a cup of tea – far away from anyone making unreasonable demands on your time? Once? Twice? More? Eek!
Life is busy but in December it goes into hyperdrive, doesn’t it? Work pressures, family get-togethers, end-of-year parties, let alone all the presents, decorating and maybe travel too. I’m tired just writing it all down.
So a confession: I did get a rare, and blissful, 24 hours to myself at the weekend. The other half, sensing my sleep-deprived and worn-out state, sent me away to a hotel in the city for the night using a voucher we had. I know. It was so good. But it’s not something I’ll be doing every week, or even every month, and it made me think about the things I can do to bring a little self-preservation into my days. A few quick and simple little rituals to find a bit of calm when there are no cupboards available. Maybe they’ll help you too: [Read more…]
So there are only a few sleeps left until Christmas… and then only a a handful more days until the end of the year. If you have a moment to breathe in between the busyness of the season you might be thinking about what you’ve achieved this year and what lies ahead. I’ve been thinking about my professional writing and also this blog. Blogging is time-consuming and it’s hard to find the time when we are already so busy. Then it just becomes yet another thing you are not doing. Something else to feel bad about.
So do I want to spend my time blogging? If you don’t have an audience of thousands, it’s easy to think what’s the point? Well, after some thought, I’ve decided I’m going to keep blogging: and this is why I think you should too. [Read more…]
