Self Discovery

Today marks one month since school started. Now that I've had a month of being at home while the kids are at school, I've learned a few things about myself that I probably already knew.

• I'm really good at staying busy
• I'm not great at making myself rest when I need it
• I want to let the kids be responsible for their own chores
• I also want to jump in and help them with their chores when they're busy
• I'm much more bothered by the house falling apart than they are
• I can either spend my day picking up the slack from them not doing their chores, or I can work on my own projects that need to get done, I can't do both
• I often have more projects to do than energy to do them
• I wake up early to help the kids get out the door
• I still stay up way too late, usually sitting with a kid who has procrastinated their homework
• I am not taking enough naps
• I need to schedule time during the day to see and speak with other humans
• I miss my kids when they're at school
• I appreciate the quiet house when I'm the only one here
• I really love getting to talk with Bryan during the day, uninterrupted
• I like listening to audiobooks directly from my phone and not having to use my earbuds all the time
• I like chipping away at the to-do list I've held for so long
• I wish I could chip away at it faster
• I go on much faster walks by myself than when I walk with the kids
• I'm taking way fewer pictures of the kids than I used to
• I don't mind driving to pick them up from or deliver them to after-school activities
• I do a lot more listening than talking now

I wonder what revelations about myself will come from the second month of school.