Ep 198 // No Systems, No Structure, No Time For Mom’s Routines This Summer
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Habit Stacking Mom | Routines, Consistency, Planning, Overwhelm, Organization, Declutter, Healthy Habits, Balance, Goals, SAHM
20 min
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4 chapters
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Why does summer feel harder for moms compared to the school year?
And then summer arrives and all of that structure disappears. And while the flexibility sounds amazing, what comes with it is the endless number of decisions. The rhythm disappears, the support disappears, and when that happens, I think moms start disconnecting from themselves. Hey mama, welcome to the Habit Stacking Mom Show. Do you want to feel less exhausted and burnt out? by motherhood? Do you find yourself up late at night googling daily routines and more energy? Do you wake up with big, ambitious goals only to feel overwhelmed managing everyone else's expectations and ignoring your own? Hey, I'm Jess. I too am a mom of littles who teetered on the edge of burnout. I felt extremely defeated chasing kids all day, and I wished I didn't feel like a constant failure.
I wanted to stop losing patience with my kids and husband and create some structure, but the unpredictability in my home, I had no idea how to make that happen. Until I found a better way to organize my daily routines. In this podcast, you will find a plan to create balance, strategies to declutter your home and mind, and tips to boost your energy. energy and confidence. You'll feel so much more accomplished each day and show up stronger for your family. It's time to pop in your ear pods, shake up your fizz, and let's get stacking. Hey mamas, welcome back. Hope you had a wonderful Father's Day weekend. Even though for some of us mamas it kind of feels like every other weekend, I hope that your men felt special and that you got to actually enjoy some family time together.
Honestly, sometimes I think holidays become more about the kids than anyone else. At least that's how it is in our house. We went shopping for my husband and went and picked out some special gifts so that each kiddo got to give him something that I knew he needed. But my girls absolutely love birthdays, celebrations, all the things that come with it, like cupcakes and balloons. We go all out. So I hope that you had a wonderful day and wonderful weekend with your family as well. We've had non-stop kids at our house all summer long. We live in a neighborhood. Where we're super blessed. Honestly, I'm so grateful because we have a ton of little friends for my girls to play with. Pretty much at any given moment, they can call a friend that can just walk over.
I have come to realize that I don't actually dislike having the friends over. In many ways, it's much easier because my kids get busy and then they're often playing and they're not constantly asking me what the next plan is for the day. So I do like having the play dates. The problem For me, is everything that comes with the playdates. My kids turn every single playdate into more requests. Can they stay for dinner? Can we make desserts? Can we have a sleepover? What about crafts? What about painting? Can we go swimming? Can they just stay longer? They never stop. They ask me from the moment the friend says yes, a hundred. More requests come along with it. So what I've noticed is that my immediate reaction to almost every time they ask is, no, not today.
It's just, it's instant. I'm like, no, maybe not. It doesn't really matter if it's a snack request or a sleepover request. It's just an immediate reaction for me. And at first I got to thinking, oh man, I'm just being grumpy. I'm just tired. I'm grumpy and I'm saying no right away. But when I actually started to pay attention to why I'm saying that. What I realized after about five straight days of play dates was that I had created this story in my head that maybe I was saying yes too much. Maybe the kids were getting too much of what they wanted. Am I saying yes too much? They've been going nonstop. It's not the sleepover. It's not making the extra desserts, the s'mores. It's not seeing if the kids can stay for dinner.
Well the real problem was is that I was so tired of making decisions. Every single one of those requests requires me to evaluate something in real time. In the moment, I'm having to think about it and come up with an answer, yes or no, or maybe, or I'll think about it.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
Why does summer feel harder for moms compared to the school year?
0:00–5:02
2
How do endless play‑date requests create decision fatigue for moms?
5:02–9:31
3
What mental questions run through a mom’s mind when she says “no” to a request?
9:31–16:51
4
Why does losing the school‑year rhythm make everyday decisions feel overwhelming?
16:51–20:07
Speakers
1 identifiedMore from Habit Stacking Mom | Routines, Consistency, Planning, Overwhelm, Organization, Declutter, Healthy Habits, Balance, Goals, SAHM
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