My last career has all but disappeared since I left the workforce seven years ago to have my oldest and started as a stay at home mom. Now I have the opportunity, and blessing of my hubby, to become whatever I’d like in my professional life. Of course, I will always be Mommy first! The big question is, What do I want to be when I grow up? I think other than be a wife and mom I really never knew! I’ve always done my exploring with the boys before, now I have the opportunity to focus on my interests!
Refocusing…
Up until this point I have always blogged with a concentration of activities with my boys. I think now is the time for change. A refresher. After only, this blog has sort of been a reflection of my boys growing up – the activities grew with them, so why not add their schooling and my growing into the mix as a new focus?
I started doing this already, without really realizing it. I changed my blog’s look. Still had the more boy-ish colors, but on a more feminine layout. I’m in the planning stages of a whole new look, a new “brand” to go along with my striving for revamping me. Please note I didn’t say for ‘the new me’ because I honestly and sincerely know I haven’t ‘lost’ myself in this time of having young ones.
We never lose ourselves when we become moms. We find we can dig deeper, love deeper, think deeper, become more deeply ourselves through the course of becoming moms. We realize we are the same, yet more complex as a mom, which might reveal new interests, new passions. It doesn’t mean we lose ourselves. And sometimes it takes time to adjust to all that time we have when our children are under the care of others. And that is ok.
So, back to the blog, you may see the focus change a bit. From boys to moms of boys, like it did just then. Maybe some things I’ve been learning or learning about myself that might help you think through your process of realizing you. How my roles are changing now that both of my boys are under the care of others throughout much of their day, which may help you make sense of your roles as well. It’s all been forming in my head, floating around there for a bit and I just want to capture it, tweak it, refine it. I would love to hear from you in this regard – what you’ve experienced as your little ones have entered school, what you’ve discovered about yourself as a result.
In light of this tell me, did you feel like a new you when your kiddos went off to school? Or did you feel like you were rediscovering the old you through a new pair of eyes?
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