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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 35065" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p>I know what you mean (and I totally know what Steph's talking about as well!). It's like you feel like you're forgetting to do something...your time hasn't been your own for so long that when it is, you're not quite even sure that it is and so you simply don't know where to begin.</p><p></p><p>Begin by creating small simple routines for those times of day when your time is your own. In particular, I really had to get used to having my mornings to myself a few years ago after H took over the morning routine with difficult child and now they leave the house at 6:10AM and I'm not usually up until about 6:30 - I had a whole hour and a half to just BE until I went to work! At first I was all mixed up, wasn't sure what to do with myself, but then I created a routine and schedule for myself and it all fell into place. It's nice. I even schedule one morning a week to meet my girlfriend at Paneras for coffee before work, which is a real treat. And then difficult child started her job so 3 evenings a week from 4-8, H and I are on our own. We usually chill, but now that the weather will be clearing we'll be back at the dog park again. It's just nice.</p><p></p><p>Start small.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 35065, member: 2211"] I know what you mean (and I totally know what Steph's talking about as well!). It's like you feel like you're forgetting to do something...your time hasn't been your own for so long that when it is, you're not quite even sure that it is and so you simply don't know where to begin. Begin by creating small simple routines for those times of day when your time is your own. In particular, I really had to get used to having my mornings to myself a few years ago after H took over the morning routine with difficult child and now they leave the house at 6:10AM and I'm not usually up until about 6:30 - I had a whole hour and a half to just BE until I went to work! At first I was all mixed up, wasn't sure what to do with myself, but then I created a routine and schedule for myself and it all fell into place. It's nice. I even schedule one morning a week to meet my girlfriend at Paneras for coffee before work, which is a real treat. And then difficult child started her job so 3 evenings a week from 4-8, H and I are on our own. We usually chill, but now that the weather will be clearing we'll be back at the dog park again. It's just nice. Start small. [/QUOTE]
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