Like most mamas and dads out there, our weekends are busy! The house hold chores and errands that need to be completed could take my entire weekend up. Just thinking of the to do list is exhausting. And two days to do all the to do’s is nearly impossible. That is especially true when I want to spend time with Ryan and Reagan and maybe do something a bit fun.
As I have tried to develop a little bit of balance for my weekends I have found I have three categories.
1. The Must Do List for a Successful Week: This list includes grocery shopping and laundry – 100% essential in my book. When these two things are completed we have food to eat, planned meals, and clean clothes to wear.
2. The It Would Be Nice To Get Done: This list includes cleaning my house and running errands. What I have found is this list is pliable. I can usually get anything on my errand list at the grocery store, so if I don’t have time to go to Target or anywhere else, I can get by and I don’t worry about the extra buck or two it cost me because it saved me time. And cleaning… my definition of clean has changed. I used to clean weekly- floors, bathrooms, dust. The whole house every weekend. But now I just don’t have the time and energy to necessarily do it all every weekend. So I do what I can. Some weekends the whole house is done. But sometimes, like today I cleaned the bathrooms. And we have plans tomorrow so this weekends cleaning plan is look past the dust!
And the final category…
3. The Must Do To Feel Positive Heading Into Next Week: This list is actually the most important one of them all. It requires me to dedicate my time to Reagan, Ryan, myself, my family and friends. It isn’t that important to complete my to do lists. And at the end of the weekend what will really matters? Spending time with Reagan at the park or reading? Enjoying Ryan’s company? Taking a minute for myself? Catching up with friends at breakfast? Family Sunday dinner? Or a spic and span house? The answer is easy. I choose my people!
My definition of clean has definitely changed, but I have so much more Joy by giving myself a bit more grace to do what I can. 
365 Days of Joy 
I have loved all of your posts on your blog! Each day I enjoy reading about the joy you find in your life. It makes me feel happy and encourages me to find joy in the little things. Today’s post really resonated with me. You are very wise for such a young woman. Choosing your people is such a wonderful decision. I’m going to work on learning from you!!!
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