I just listened to Gretchen Rubin's podcast, where she interviewed Laura Vandenkam. This lady is an upholder. She has FIVE KIDS and she's skinny. So I watched her TED TALK and she talks about how one week has 168 hours. Let's break it down:
work: 35 hours. An hour commute, which is 5 hours. So that's 40 hours.
grooming: an hour a day, including getting ready for work, shower, and getting ready for sleep. So that's 5 hours
sleep: optimally, I sleep 11-6:30. That's 7.5 hours, but we'll round it to 8. So that's 56.
Which means I have: 67 hours in a week to squeeze in joy and 6 hours in a day
30 minutes a day to exercise
1 hour to write the novel
--Wow, journaling is really important to me. So that's easy. I can journal in the morning. I just have to go to the coffee shop first thing in the morning, from 6:30-7, and be back in time for the baby.
When to exercise: tricky! In the morning, I spend it with Baby. But I could jump out of bed, lace up my sneakers, and just go for a walk before I get to the coffee shop. I could wake up Gigi too. He won't want to go, but I can entice him with a treat. We could go to the park so we could both run around.
Husband would be sooo grumpy, but it would benefit us all in the end.
When to write the novel: after cuddle time, at my desk. It's hard because of cuddle time, and Husband doesn't agree that something needs to be a reward. But then that is how it is and that is good. "Your lack of planning is not my emergency." Plan for rain. So, after we put Baby to bed, we'll do some Cuddle time. And then I'll walk the dog while feeling very present and, after that I'll write for at least one hour.
So, that is: 30 minutes of exercise, 30 minutes of journaling, and 1 hour of writing. 2 hours! And then we have 1 hour of Cuddle time, which means I still have 3 hours left over for self-care-don't-rush-we're fine time.
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