Summer is coming to an end soon for our family and that will mean sliding back into the hustle and bustle of busy school days and extra curricular activities. As a mom, it can feel a little overwhelming preparing for the start of school especially if you have had a jam-packed summer like we have had.
My solution to keep me grounded as we transition back into this time is to have a minimum of one day a week where we do nothing. It is a day that I lovingly refer to as our “detox day” from the busy running and commercialism that we are exposed to. It is the day where we do nothing, we spend nothing, we are unplugged, and we just spend time together, making time to indulge in the good old-fashioned things in life. These days are filled with time spent around board games instead of time spent around a television, library books instead of our electronic games, creating instead of buying, and rediscovering those simple pleasures in life. It is this one day a week where I can come back to center and feel aligned again with my family and what is most important to me.
Forts are built and snuggled under with blankets and pillows from the bed.
Treasured books from the thrift store are lovingly read again.
Fancy meals are abandoned in favor of eggs and toast for dinner.
Homemade treats are baked with my children, while making giant messes in the kitchen.
Sheets are lovingly washed and hung on the line, waiting for each family member to indulge in the crispness after a day filled with nothing.
These days allow me to refocus on the abundance and the simple pleasures that are within my life, instead of the need to go, go, go, buy, buy, buy. After having one day like this, I often want to continue the trend of simple living and simple pleasures and extend it further into my week.
It is these days when I am…
Thankful.
Centered.
Happy.
It is these days when I feel that I am at my best as a mom and wife.
It is these days that I wish I could fall into daily.
It these days where I know what is important.
Who is important.
Why they are important.
How do you bring focus back to the simple pleasures in life?