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Early Mornings

It's 7 am and I've been up since 4:30, first to feed Tucker then to have some "me" time. As a new mom I find I am always going going going, If I'm not taking care of Tucker I am at work, if I'm not at work I'm either cleaning house, or doing homework, or spending time with family and trying to entertain Tucker. It's hard. But definitely more enjoyable than having a lot of free time (pre-baby life) where you just sit around the house and binge watch netflix. Yep that was my life. lol Now I'm tired all the time but it's totally fine, actually better than fine, I love my new life, getting up at 4:30 am is nothing, I've got this! So recently I've been thinking about what I used to do and what I used to enjoy before the baby so I can start to incorporate it back into my life. It has been an adjustment finding my new "mom-self" the thing is; I also don't want to lose who I am or who I was. I used to be what you would call a health food junkie and I used to workout most days of the week. I would either teach an aerobics class or play tennis. I loved yoga and really enjoyed the way it made me feel. So the first thing I want to incorporate back into my life is meditation (which happens to be new, I've never done it before) and then some yoga. I plan want to try to do this during Tuckers first nap of the day. We'll see how that goes, but as for now it's a step. *The app I'm using for meditation is called Headspace if you're interested. Until next time, -B

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