Not twitter

[ailbhe]

I started to say this on Twitter but had to stop.

There are things I want to do daily. But I need longer days.

I mean, things I want to do daily on top of minimal housework, childcare, cooking, etc.

In my head, I should be able to...

Get up, tidy my room a bit, get dressed, do ten minutes' yoga, put the mat away, make breakfast and feed everyone, clear up, get everyone else dressed, and be ready to leave the house by nine o'clock.

If I'm not leaving the house, I should be able to do the laundry and dishwasher, read a book or two to the children, set up whatever activity they want - craft or science or whatever - and still have time for a cup of tea and a sit-down before lunch at noon.

Clearing up after lunch should be done by 1pm.

This leaves the afternoon for more housework and laundry, gardening, visiting or being visited, outings, more activities, and another cup of tea and a sit down before dinner at about 6:30pm.

Clearing up after dinner should be done by 7:30pm so we can get the children to bed. That means that from 8:30 or 9pm I should be free to blog, paint, et cetera.

THIS IS NOT REAL. Why do I have this schedule in my head? This is not what my life is like.

Comments

[nex0s.livejournal.com]

I have the same thing. I think I should be doing SO MUCH MORE and I feel like I'm barely hanging together by a thread as it is. I think to myself that I must be a loser - that everyone else seems to have their shit together, why don't I? There are women with FULL TIME JOBS and CHILDREN (MULTIPLES) and CLEAN HOUSES and I can barely keep up with my 1 child, barely working and my house is a WRECK.

I dunno. At least you aren't alone?

N.

[trinker.livejournal.com]

I would like to know the answer to this, too.

[ailbhe]

I've had women tell me *I* seem to be that woman, at the breastfeeding group - "How do you cope so well? I can't manage with one and you do SO MUCH with two!"

I burst into tears, once.