The Laundry Room

Sunday afternoon, it's normally naptime...

Today, Little Man was the only one at our house getting a nap.

Hubs was dutifully splitting wood, which he calls fun.

Please note, if I was from the city, I'd say "chopping" wood.
 But I'm from a small town in the mountains,

so I know it's called "splitting". 

Yesterday was incredibly productive, which gave me that "high" that typically accompanies hard work,

so today, after a Formula 1 shake and Herbalife tea, I decided to clean the laundry room.

It was, in fact, the dirtiest room in our house.

It was the room where extra things were thrown,

the floor never got swept,

the cleaning supplies are stored, 

and the door is always closed!

Oddly enough, this very dirty room is the center of all things "clean".

 Why would I clean our clothes in this room and never bother to mop the floor?

It doesn't make sense, so I cleaned it. I even scrubbed the floor. 

While I cleaned, I was inspired, which is why I write to you tonight.

Moms are like laundry rooms.

We do alot, serve many purposes, 

and typically have the job of making our families clean and presentable.

And we often don't take care of ourselves the way we do our families.

I know that it's important to serve Little Man his veggies, but I often choose to go without.

I read to him every day and limit screen time, but will choose TV over a book without thinking twice.

I take him to play outside, but use my own free time to stay indoors instead of building up my Vitamin D...

I'm letting myself become a dirty laundry room.

And eventually, if I don't stop and clean up, I will be too dirty to be able to keep others clean.

Now please don't think I'm being melodramatic.

I'm not promoting crazy regimens of self-denial,

nor guilt ridden decisions to "be a good mom" based on unrealistic expectations.

I'm just making an observation. 

Laundry rooms, left unattended, become a paradoxical space of clean and dirty.

It seems to me that moms who don't make decisions to take good care of ourselves will soon have to question whether we are really doing our best to take care of our families...

That's all, just an observation.
And perhaps a challenge: try cleaning your laundry room this week...

Join the movement of moms.

Follow me on Instagram @happyfitnessmama, document your clean (or getting there) laundry room, and tag it #movementofmoms so that we can have another reason to smile!
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Disclaimer - Research shows that those people having a Formula 1 meal replacement shake twice daily as part of a healthy eating and exercise plan can reasonably expect to lose 1/2 to 1 lb a week. And the average annual compensation provided by Herbalife to its distributors at the Supervisor position with a downline is approximately $5,800. I have chosen to consistently follow my Herbalife nutrition plan and work hard at running my business, which is the reason for my personal results.