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Let’s all take a moment

[ 5 ] 02/16/2011 |

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I don’t know about you, but for me every.single.day is a whirlwind. Places to go, errands to run, kids to feed, things to clean, work projects to complete. Is it like that for you?

How do you find a single moment for yourself in a day that is crammed so tightly if it bent over it’s jeans would surely rip?

You want to know how I take a moment for me? I train for races!! Seriously. If I didn’t have an impending race on my calendar, with registration already paid up, and a commitment to a friend to cross the finish line with her, I wouldn’t take a moment for myself. I wouldn’t make exercise a priority, because all of the other things would win out. Oh, and I’m pretty lazy when it comes to exercise. If I don’t *have* to do it, I’m probably not going to. IJS!

Yes, I sign-up for races so I can have me time! How silly and simple is that? Now I’m not going to lie and say when I sign up for a race, my calendar magically clears so I can have all the time I need for training runs, cross-training and strength-training. Nope! But having that race on the calendar forces me to shift priorities and be more efficient with my time. And really, is the world going to stop turning because my floor is a little dog-hairy-er than usual?

So I want to know how you manage to find moments for yourself each week. Are they fitness moments, reading moments, mediation moments? Does anything else really suffer because you take time to make YOU the priority?

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About Christy: Thirty-six year-old wife and mom to BJ (8) and Mia (4). I'm the editor at the Sisterhood, a Feingold mom, I really love to run (really), read, cook amazing things, and photography is my fledging passion. My motivation is motivating other people to realize they can do this whole weight-loss and exercise thing. I'm living proof! View author profile.

  • http://thisisterri.com Terri

    I have to force myself to take time for me, too. I love to stitch and to read. I read every morning while I’m eating breakfast and try to read every Mon-Fri during my lunch break. I try to stitch every night while I’m doing a load of laundry – but more often than not it doesn’t happen. Do other things suffer? Oh, yeah, but I try to make sure the mundane chores of life are out of the way before I sit down to do ‘nothing.’

  • Anonymous

    I “assign” me time to after my son goes to bed. After he goes to bed is MINE! I exercise, read or blog….that sometimes is hard to deal with cuz I usually just want to collapse by then but I have learned that is the only time of the day I’m not being pulled on a million ways!
    I’ve also started going back to the gym which gives me some time to work on “me” for a while!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Fit-Bee/100001400021697 Fit Bee

    My me time is my gym time or running time. I have to get at least 30-60 minutes in each day. If not I go insane!!! Between work, school, and toddler i do get overwhelmed., But i am a better mom, friend, girlfriend with my me time LOL

  • Lisa

    I think you know my answer….OK, you know my answer!

    Running is my saving grace but I don’t run every day. Sometimes its reading blogs, watching trashy TV or reading a good book.

  • http://thesassymama.blogspot.com Heather

    Right now? Scrabble in my iPad. Can’t wait to run again.
    PS I’ve been drinking Crystal lLight like it’s going out of style. It’s the only way I can get enough water daily. The pomegranate lemonade is my fave.