6 February 2024

Today is my real weekend, the baby is at daycare today, that’s my opportunity to get work done or rest. Everything is in a good place, so I’ll take some rest, there’s no telling how crazy life will get when the pace picks up again. A rule I like to follow is that if there is chance to take something, either work or rest, do it. Using rest for example, the baby may spike a fever and get sent home meaning if I don’t rest now I may not be able to in a couple hours. Accounting for the mentality that “all is flux”, planning has to have wiggle room. When I was first trying to get my life in order I made a schedule for my day, something like 8-8:15 is breakfast and 8:15-11 is work, the problem with such tight scheduling is it’s unrealistic. Having an extra glass of water could throw me off schedule. The other problem when I was making that schedule was in the beginning I didn’t know how long my routine actually takes, as I was making the routines for the first time I had to guess what I could do and how long it would take. Now I have experience that tells me to assume twice as much time as expected and I have half as much energy as I think. All that is said before entering a baby into the equation, with baby planning is more like hold on and focus on getting through the day. Loose plans can be made with the baby now that I know what I’m doing, but I know a lot of people never get themselves on a schedule before kids and never get their kids on a schedule. And everyone needs a bed time, when the clock strikes put the phone down, eyes closed and begin deep breathing.