My kids are done being little. That fact kind of snuck up on me. I spent a lot of time working with kids in my home, so little people were still around. But, no more. I leave the house and go to work. I return home to my house where my daughter is 15 and very independent. I walk past my son’s empty bedroom as he is a senior in college. My kids still need me – just not all the time.
This leaves me with time and opportunity to do things I want to do. But I realize I don’t know what those things are anymore. What do I want to do? I knew what those things were once, but they have gotten lost in the shuffle of trying to get to kids’ sports, lessons, play dates and homework. I have been busy watching games, tricks on slides and swings at the park, and what the current kid programming was on TV. I have forgotten what my interests were. And if I remember, I don’t know if I would still find those things interesting.
I found it was easier to list how I don’t want to spend my time. I don’t want to watch TV. I don’t want to watch stuff just to pass the time. Time is too precious. I don’t want to watch sports where I have no vested interest in any of the players. Watching my own kids is okay as I think that is an important thing for moms to do.
And that was when I realized that I don’t want to watch others do stuff anymore. I’m tired of watching. I want to do stuff. I want to move, create, enjoy and live. So this is my new adventure. Life is full of opportunities to try new things if you have the means to pay for them. I don’t. So I will need to find low cost and free things to do to feed my mind and my soul. Please join me on this adventure in learning who you are and what you like to do while I
