I'm back - living in the moment!

This is the year I made a promise to myself to live in the moment more, something kids are so good at and something I know I can learn from them. With the balance of two young children, a part time office job, a house renovation and just life, I tend to get distracted from the present moment with the kids quite a bit, get frustrated, stressed and eventually loose my cool and crave the all important alone time.

Enjoying the Collingwood Children's Farm

With my daughter starting school this year and my little boy going into the 'kinda' room in a few months at childcare the passing of time has really hit me. Where did it go! This has left me feeling a bit nostalgic for the past and resulted in me feeling very clucky but not sure if I can go back there. How is it we forget all the sleepless nights, general exhaustion and other difficult things? Or is that just me? Funny but I do have vague memories of some hard days early on where I thought if only they were a little bit older and I got more sleep! Those days are now here and I miss the baby side. One example of not living in the moment!

So now to focus on the present, enjoy the day to day with my children, which hopefully results in being calmer and more accepting of things (like the constant toy clutter) I have been reading books such as Buddism for Mothers (I am not a Buddhist but found the book great with invaluable Buddhist teachings of mindfulness, compassion and calm) and so will now look at getting Buddhism for Mothers with School Children. I have also been reading various articles on articles the importance of unstructured play and leaving kids things, not creating too sterile, controlled environment which just causes stress - this has all helped.

And I have thought getting back to this blog would help also, a chance to share, as I have learnt through my design blog (GeorgyGdesign.blogspot.com)there is a fantastic community out there, both for support and ideas. So here's hoping you can join me in my journey of trying to live in the moment.