Being a wife is hard work

With today's "Anything you can do, I can do better" mentality, it seems that everyone is trying to keep up with The Jones'. We did it as teenagers and we do it as adults. And when you take that next step into having your own family- it continues there too. On a grander scale. Because now, you're doing it with your family.

I thought I let that part of me go in my twenties. That comparing myself to others. But I find that more and more, I am doing it as a full blown adult, wife and mother. And a lot of the times it's not malicious. I'm not comparing because I want to make sure I'm doing better than, I'm comparing because I want to make sure I'm doing the same as. To see if "I'm doing it right". Because, you know what?

Being a mother is hard. Being a wife is hard.

I find myself battling that fact that I have always been so independent and able to do whatever I want to do, whenever I want to do it- with the fact that I know have a little one who dictates a lot of what I do. When I do it, and how much time I spend doing it. You pair that with remembering to continue giving your husband the time and attention he deserves. Mixed with keeping the home tidy and a healthy home cooked meal on the table- complete with your own expectations of how your physical activity level should be back where it was before baby- if not further along.

It's a lot.

The expectations that I have placed on myself as a wife and mother are a lot. But you know what? I plan on exceeding those expectations. I have always wanted this life, and I want to do the best that I can with it. I want to be able to work a full time job, take care of my kid(s), my husband, myself and my home. I want to do it all.

So that's the journey I am embarking on now:

Get a home cooked healthy full balanced meal on the dinner table 5-6 nights a week

Work a 40 hour work week

Be a wife

Be a mother

Get my workouts in

Join me will ya?