What is your morning routine? How do you start your day with purpose and joy? The morning routine has been a frequent topic in my conversations with my husband and my new friends here in Georgia. It seems to be on a lot of our minds as we intentionally setup our lives to get the most out of them.
A couple of weeks ago, as my first trimester morning sickness was easing and my mind was drifting to personal goals outside of creating tiny humans, I began to purposefully wake up earlier. Before Camden started daycare 3 days a week and for the first year of his life, it was he and I. He was my alarm clock, my noisy coworker, and my first priority. My “me” time was limited and my own personal endeavors/growth/goals seemed nonexistent. It was both wonderful and stifling as most new mother’s can attest.
Having a child seems to have had the opposite effect on my husband. For the last year, he has invested much of his thought into his career goals and dreams and devoted substantial time to personal growth and development. Which is wonderful. It has helped push me to grow and want more for myself. I decided to set my actual alarm and start my day with intentional time for myself. And that has changed everything.
In the early hours of the morning, my house is still dark. My husband has already ventured on to work or is hovering over his computer, podcast in his headphones. I make our bed, kiss our puppy, and saunter down the hall to make coffee. I usually head to my desk and begin my day with writing. I write the things I’m grateful for and my goals in a notebook as I sip my frothed coffee. Baby is sleeping. This time is for me.
As my day progresses, there are emails to return, boys to be fed (big and small), commutes, contracts, boxes to unpack, laundry to be folded…but for that hour, I am intentionally myself. After I journal, I allow the time to serve me. If I wake up with the desire to Pinterest baby girl nurseries for an hour…I do that. And I don’t feel guilt. Or expectations. I enjoy it and remind myself to embrace all parts of me. Most mornings, before I know it, I hear the softest, sweetest noises coming from the room next to mine. I flip on the monitor to see a little boy sitting patiently in his crib waiting to greet his own day. He is ready. And now…so am I.
Xoxo
Tara Layne
Bordeaux & Babies 
AWESOME!! Glad you are enjoying some me time!
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I love this. I started doing this about 5 months ago, waking up early, sometimes just walking around the house, sometimes writing down recipes I dream of, or just loving on my pups, but always have my coffee. I lose myself daily in my child and sometimes it’s really overwhelming and hard to find inspiration or goals that are just for me. Thank you, I’ll keep following, it’s nice to know we’re not alone in the silence of being a mom.
Erica
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Thank you for sharing Erica!! You are definitely not alone and exactly the reason I wanted to share!!
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Tara Layne, I am so happy to see that you realized that you must take of yourself first before taking care of everyone else. To seek a peaceful presence each day helps when the day starts to overwhelm us. Details seem to pile up to the point we cannot make heads or tails of things. Taking the time each day to charge your batteries is so very important and so very crucial for survival.
Proud that you are sharing your journey with others to help them through.
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