Focusing On Myself

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Something I always tell my husband is that he needs to take care of himself before he can take care of Riley and myself. I had to remind him of that about a month ago when he was really sick and was refusing to go to the doctor. Miles is a wonderful man who loves being with his family, but he hadn’t felt the best in about a week and wasn’t getting any better. After he finally went to the doctor and got medicine, he started feeling better and was back to his old self. Reflecting on that the past couple of days, I realized something… I have to do the same.

I’m going to admit some stuff here that is kind of embarrassing, but it’s what I need to do. After I had my daughter, I stopped taking care of myself as well as I should have. I don’t have a skin care regimen, I honestly don’t brush my teeth as often as I should, I don’t eat the best, I don’t drink as much water as I should, I’m not very active… the list goes on and on. But, shouldn’t I be taking care of myself so I can take care of my family? I don’t know how I haven’t realized this sooner. Maybe it’s been watching a woman who I think of like a mom since my real mother isn’t on this earth any longer have to go through surgery for cancer for the third time. Maybe it’s just something that God put into my mind at a time that is apparently needed.

Who knows. The important thing is, the seed has been planted. And I want to make changes. I want to… no, need to… start taking better care of myself. I want to be around for as long as possible for my family. I want to have a good body image. So here is a list of some of the things I am going to start doing:

• Skincare Regimen. I’m pretty lucky that I have pretty nice, youthful skin. (Maybe that’s why everyone always thinks I’m 16 and not 25?) But I need to start taking care of it daily to make sure it stays that way. I’ve bought skincare systems from Mary Kay and they’ve just been sitting under my sink collecting dust. I broke them out and am going to be using them morning and night.
• Water. This is going to be a toughie. I like water, but it has to be cold. Thankfully we have an ice maker, so I’m going to have my husband turn it on each morning since he gets up before me so I have ice ready to go when I wake up. Since I’ve been sick the past week I haven’t had any caffeinated pop. So I’m going to attempt to not go back to pop, or at least not one daily like I’ve been doing, and try to drink much more water.
• Morning Routine. Since I work from home, I spent most of my time in my PJs. Plus I don’t wear makeup. Hardly ever. So I’m going to try putting on clothes that aren’t pajamas at least 4 days a week and I’m going to try putting on just a touch of mascara and eyeshadow. We’ll start with that. I usually feel a tad prettier after putting some makeup on, so hopefully this will help brighten my day a little bit and put some pep in my step.
• Vitamins. I have a daily gummy vitamin that I remember to take probably 2-3 days per week. I’m going to start remembering to take mine the same time Riley takes hers each morning. Getting those vitamins is important.

I think this is a good list of things to start with. I hope that you will follow me over on Snapchat (username CourtneyPies) as I share bits of my daily life and show you all how I’m focusing on myself more. Don’t hesitate to send me words of encouragement – they will be much appreciated! 🙂 And if you’re reading this early Saturday (yay you!) – I’ll be talking a little bit about all of this sometime Saturday on Snapchat. I want to attempt to add more video to my repetoire and I think Snapchat is a great place to do it.

Courtney P.

I’m a 20-something stay-at-home mother and wife. I have an amazing husband, a beautiful daughter, two loving dogs, and a lazy cat. I wouldn’t change my life for anything! I love to read, listen to music, cook and blog!

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