Making Time For Time Off
Since my youngest started nursery in September I've had a couple of hours a day to work in peace but no more 'me' time than I ever did, so when Crocs challenged me to take a day off to myself and write about it here I honestly didn't know where I would find that day. When you work for yourself there are no true days off, even on holiday you're catching up on emails when you have a spare moment so to take any real time away from that feels foreign. I've been r eading (let's be honest, listening to is more accurate) a few 'self help' books recently and one that has stuck with me is The Miracle Morning, it pushes the idea that we all need to take time for our own personal development but nobody ever feels that they have time. It suggests that waking up an hour earlier than you usually would gives you bonus time to use as you need to but also that following certain steps each morning will help you become more productive and successful.
Now I am NOT a morning person but I decided to give this a go this week and it has seriously been working for me. I'll write more about it in a few weeks if I'm still keeping it up but waking up earlier has really helped me manage my workload and one afternoon when I dropped Milo off at school I decided to take my book to the lake and have my 'day off'. I could easily go days without leaving the house if left entirely to my own devices but getting outside and forcing myself to take some time away from my computer was so refreshing I've been stopping by for 20 minutes after school every afternoon since. I mean, you never know how long the nice weather will last in England, do you?
Crocs are encouraging YOU all to capture YOUR days off and enter in to their contest to win 1 of 5 £30 Crocs vouchers and £70 cash! There are also FIFTY £30 voucher prizes for runners up to be chosen at random via the hashtag #MomsDayOffContest - There are tons of styles of Crocs now and the ones I'm wearing - online here - are SUPER comfy (as flip flops go) - check out the selection, I think you'll be shocked to see everything from loafers to WELLIES! Not just the original shoe you may associate with the brand!
As I said I will cover The Miracle Morning in more detail in a later post but for those of you who feel you don't have time for yourself.. you can MAKE time.. we all have the same amount of hours in our day as Beyonce after all ;)
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