#5Things4Me – week 2

Last week I introduced #5Things4Me, my weekly link up where I, and whoever else wants to join me (hopefully YOU), pledge to do 5 very simple things each week that are just for me.
Selfish? NO! We are parents. We are spouses. We are friends. We give and give and rarely stop to give to ourselves. Yet, it’s so important! When we take care of ourselves, we in turn are better parents to our children, and better wives/husbands to our spouses. It’s literally a full circle of positive energy, should you just take the moment to do something SIMPLE for yourself.

This week my son heads back to school. I’m both sad and excited for this. Sad, because summer is over. Morning lazy cuddles are now limited to Saturdays and Sundays. And though my body detests and tries to reject mornings, I’ll be up and at’em on a regular basis now. Excited because this affords me the opportunity to work more with my girls, one on one, on various activities that will get them prepped for preschool and kindergarten. I did the same with my son, and let me tell you it was a lot easier with just one child. So I need this time to concentrate on my girls. Plus, I know within the next 6 months we’ll be moving, and I know how fast that will go by. So, starting this week, I’m going to work on purging different areas of the house. My schedule is starting to fill up, and with that it’s becoming more apparent to me of why I need to make sure I get some ‘me time’ in this week.

So what am I doing for myself this week?

Here’s my list of 5:

1. going on a walk (around the lake) by myself
2. reading 3 chapters from the book I’m currently reading
3. getting back into yoga (yeah…. this one didn’t happen last week. but i’m not giving up!)
4. setting aside some girl chat time
5. setting my alarm to go off 15 minutes early so I can enjoy a quiet up of coffee

See? Easy enough. And I was surprised that I actually accomplished most of the things on my list last week. Yoga was the only one that didn’t happen. Painting my nails was one of the first things I did, and wouldn’t you know that a couple days later . No biggie, though. I love painting my nails and enjoyed having them all prettied up while it lasted.

What are you doing for yourself this week? I really hope that you’ll join me, and pledge to do 5 things for you. Doing a little something nice for yourself really goes a long way. So think of 5 (simple) things to do for yourself this week, and then come back and link up your post! Remember, sharing is caring – please try and make it to some of the other bloggers’ posts who have linked up before or after you.


I’d love to get some ideas from you and have them here in the comments to share with others. What is one of the things you’re pledging to do for yourself this week?