This guest post was written by parenting expert, mother of 5 and former teacher, Carol Tuttle. Carol Tuttle is the CEO of Live Your Truth, LLC and author of the best-selling parenting book, The Child Whisperer: the Ultimate Handbook for Raising Happy, Successful, Cooperative Children, which has sold over 75,000 copies worldwide. Learn more at www.thechildwhisperer.com.
Truth is, every mom would love a whole day to herself—but we can get reenergized on a lot less. Feeling taken care of is less about the time you spend doing it and more about what you do. Have a plan. Identify exactly which kind of activity will recharge you. And when those extra 10 minutes show up, do it!
In my 20 years of work in the field of self-help, I’ve found 4 different Type of moms. They’re energized by 4 different types of activities. When you identify which Type of mom you are, you get the key to reenergizing yourself in half the time.