Time for changes
Every year I tell myself I am not going to make any resolutions. I can’t ever really get into the whole thing and I cannot make myself promise something that I feel that I am not going to keep up with. This year is very different. With the world going the way it is because of the pandemic it changed a lot of things that people do.
I am making a resolution for myself and my son. I am going to try to take time for myself and get the rest that I really need. I have been pushing myself to make sure that everyone else is taken care of, of course my son comes first but I do need to stress a lot less. There are too many factors in my life that affect me differently and affect my son because of it. The stress with work brings things home that make me unable to really focus on my son and I. I want to be able to have fun and do things with him and it’s just very hard with my work stress. For those people who believe you can leave your stress from work….that’s impossible with my job. I work in autism and being around children with a disability like that all day is a lot of work and it’s not easy to just leave it at the school. I try and I don’t take out any stress on my son but my body and mind are fried by the time I leave the building. My anxiety is on edge and my mood is sometimes so down that I have to push myself very hard to get into a new mood for my son so he gets the best of me too.
I need to try to get better rest and sleep. I will need to look into getting a new mattress or at least a soft pad for the bed to feel more comfortable. I haven’t had the best of beds in a long time and I truly miss real sleep. Being a mother of a 2 year old is already less sleep but I truly believe because my son is pretty good with his sleep I can get there too. Looking into these things will help. It’s just a factor of not having enough money to do so.
Creating real memories for my son. I am going to try to take more pictures, spend more time doing fun things with him and try to get him into something after I get him from school. I want him to do some kind of activity where he can run around and play with other kids. He loves to move, run, and explore. I just want him to truly get a lot out of life. He is truly amazing for all that he can do at 2 and I am feeling that he needs to get all that he can do.
I am going to try to get my son and I to eat differently. We don’t have much time during our days and after I get out of work I am exhausted and make up something quickly. But I really have been wanting him to try more variety of foods. I am not that great of a variety eater and I do want him to be different. I think he will be good with it because when he was really little he was able to do things like that with no problem. Now, something gets to him and his first thing is “YUCK, ICKY”. I am trying to figure out ways to change this. I don’t want him to be like that and be like me and limited on things to eat and what I am willing to try.
All in all this year I am going to try to make some changes for not only myself but my son as well. I believe we can do it.I just really have to focus and make myself do these things. I need LESS STRESS, REST, MEMORIES, FOOD CHANGES. I can do it!
HERE WE GO 2022!
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Kristin Parsley
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I am someone who has worked with children with autism for about 20 years and have to use writing and drawing as a method of calming. I love to write and read stories. I want to express myself in writing.
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