You will see a trend here with my posts... how to be a better parent, a stronger leader, a career Mom, a personal improvement explorer, a want-to-be well-being connoisseur and repeat. I still have not nailed the algorithm to successfully be all of these things at the same time or even separately but that does not stop me from trying. 

Recently, my four-year-old son has started saying "Mama can you please look at me just for two seconds" or his most recent cheeky response was "Mama, don't talk to me right now... I working" and the one that stomped on my heart strings the most "Mama, I don't need more toys, so you don't have to work and make more money". 

He is learning these things from me and all he wants is my time. That is it. Just time. Something that is free yet so valuable. I do not want this boy to grow up and remember the back of my head at a computer screen instead of memories of us doing fun things together. Now of course, there is a time for work and a time for play but it is our job to teach him that balance. So I have set out to create a round of new goals for our family. 

1. We are now spending 90 minutes together every day no matter how busy I am and that can be cooking dinner together, baking, doing arts & crafts, playing a game, going to the park. Really anything as long as we are doing it together. 

2. We do chores together, grocery shop together, run errands... all the things we do not care for but at least it is together. I selfishly see these things now as "time away" to be by myself. 

3. He is four but we have decided to give him coins for chores that he does around the house. Mainly so it can help him count and learn his numbers but also so that when we go to the store, he can buy a few things all on his own and he can physically see those coins being passed over the counter and are no longer his.

Being a parent is hard. We will never be perfect, but we can try to be perfect to them and that truly does not take much. It simply takes TIME.

Have a great rest of your week and thanks for reading! 

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