Moments with Mama Rice - your tomorrow self
Hi everyone! If you’re new here, I’m Sara, Alli’s mom. I pop onto the blog from time to time whenever I share something with Alli that she really likes & thinks other people need to know about. So in other words, not often haha!
I’m the mom of four, two adult(ish) kids & two teenage girls still at home (but not for long because one of them is headed to college in the fall * insert sad face here *).
This time of year it is SO easy to slip into old bad habits. The end of the year is near & gone are all of the great routines that we set in place at the beginning of the school year. I feel like my at-home girls are often scrambling, running late, & forgetting things at home. If I’m honest, I’m pretty much puttering out this time of year & am really not setting the best example. So, a couple of nights ago at dinner, we had a long talk. I asked my girls (& myself & Randy) the following question:
What can you do today that your tomorrow self will be thankful for?
We had some great conversation around this topic & with some quick brainstorming, we came up with the following ideas:
pack my lunch
pack my track bag / lay out my dance clothes
pick up the popcorn bowls & gatorade bottles after my friends leave instead of waiting until the morning
start studying for that test that’s not for a few days
do a load of laundry instead of saving it all for the weekend
write out tomorrow’s to-do list (so that I don’t lay in bed worrying if I will forget to do something)
We decided that every night after dinner we’re going to ask ourselves that question & see what we can do to make our tomorrow selves just a little more thankful! What about you? What does your life look like right now? Are there things you could do today that your tomorrow self would be thankful for?
