There is a fair amount of content out in the self-improvement sphere devoted to helping us see the difference between self-care and indulgence. You will get more genuine comfort, they say, from a brisk walk than from a jelly donut or a trip to the Nordstrom shoe department. Maybe so.
But unschooling with my kids—accepting and staying calm about their choices—has shown me something very important:
Self-care is not only doing the things that you know are good for you—eating right and exercising and getting plenty of sleep—but loving and accepting the part of you that can't be "good" all the time.
Our unschooling classrooms
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4 comments:
Amen, sister.
THANK. YOU.
Going from homeschooling 2 to unschooling 4 kids has left me with very little time for something I loved (namely, exercising at the gym 5x a week) - and sometimes as much as I would love that brisk walk, being present for my children means that the jelly doughnut (or after today's trip to the orchard, an apple cider doughnut) is just more possible.
Everything has its season, apples and workouts included. :D
I love this!
hea, hear!
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