Jilly,
I hear you loud and clear. I was thinking the same exact thing. All I could see in the horizon was stuff I HAD to do to uphold my various responsibilities. But nothing that really bought me joy�
That�s why I said ENOUGH. I�m going to treat myself to things to look forward to. I�m going to work into my life stuff to look forward to. Not on the level of a trip to Paris, but rather small things. Dozens and dozens of small things.
Today I had to wait on a very long line with my children to get them watches and it was NOT pleasant. LOL. Before that I worked all morning on an article that�s due tomorrow.
And I treated myself all day to little things. A bubble bath in the morning, a few pages of a good book while we were waiting in line. While my children were getting ready in the morning, I closed my eyes for a fifteen minute catnap. Then when we got back from the store, while the kids figured out their new watches�how to make them glow in the dark, change the time, set the alarm etc. I immediately came into my room and turned on a meditation tape�Later I still have to cook, do some laundry and finish that article that�s due tomorrow. In between all of that I�ll treat myself to more of the meditation tape, I�ll post here in the forums, I�ll read a few pages of a book, I�ll watch a few minutes of a movie I ordered from netflix etc. The formula is stress, relax, stress, relax on and on and on. I do small things to take my mind off of my worries and work even if it's just for a minute here and there.
After every stressful thing I treated myself to something. Something small. This helps, it really does.
