Putting off our needs..

I need to think about this one.......... I'm drawing a blank.

I think there is a time to put of your own needs but there is also a time to take care of one self. It can be a struggle for me too.

I will make my hubby take care of the kids so that I can take a long hot bath.

I go to a scrapbooking weelend twice a year for a 3 day weekend!

I know exactly what you mean, Karen. I have my husband, two young children (7 and 2), and my 83 year-old grandmother who I take care of. My gran is in early stages of Alzheimers and had to either move in with family or go to a nursing home. After a very short talk with my husband (who was 100% with me), we decided to purchase a larger home and move my gran in with us.

Last August, we finally found a home we could afford and renovated it. It was a duplex that we made into a single family home. We've done (and are still doing) most of the work ourselves. We were able to move her into the house in mid-November. Since then, we have finished our side of the house and have been moving our stuff from our old house. (Yes, two mortgages... and it's getting to be stressful.)

I get my ME-time by getting together with a group of guys and gals from church and singing in the nursing homes around here. Without that time doing something I enjoy, I think I would go stark-raving mad.

Um.... I make sure I breathe no matter WHAT comes up. After all, I have to take care of me.

Just like in an airplane. (Put on your oxygen mask first, before you help your neighbor)
Sometimes I need to be reminded to take care of myself FIRST, in real life issues.

I wish I knew how to do or be less but I don't! No matter how hard I try I just can't let go and put myself first! Crazy insane, huh! I know!

I always watch my shows. LOST, Grey's Anatomy and a few others. Now that the season is over I am finding I haven't replaced my shows with another activity that is just for me. I'll need to think of something.

There have been a few times that I had to watch my show online the next day because of unavoidable circumstances but for the most part Mommy's shows do not get messed with. The kids go to dad if they need something.

I do set aside time for LOST myself.....lol
You have to do something for yourself or you will lose it.

I don't usually have a lot of time for things for me. I play video games, though.

Right now, I just like to get my nails done. Although I know I need to take some time for myself and take better care of myself