Hey lovelies,
Welcome to my first blog post for the year!
Yay!!!
Now, let’s take a few imaginary steps backward to 2020, because we need to establish a certain level of clarity in the new year.
I would like to believe that this blog is one of the amazing things in my life right now, which has helped me in more ways than one. But from the blog and channel always seeming to vie for my attention, to the girls also doing the same, then my career, job and other areas of my life, I can’t deny that I struggled a lot at some point.
Trying to juggle it all took its toll more than once in the past year. I couldn’t seem to figure out why I could not do it all. I love writing, I love teaching my kids (only when I’m in the mood though), I love spending time with family too, but I wasn’t able to do all these exactly the way I wanted to.
Sometimes, I would try to start my day earlier than usual, but my big plans may be thwarted by my preschooler who would also decide to start her day earlier than usual as well. Or I would assign individual tasks to the girls which I’m sure they can complete independently, so that I can concentrate on being productive, only to be interrupted a million and one times.
It happens all the time!
I felt like I was juggling 10 different balls in the air all at once and they all came pelting me in the head. At that point, I would have given anything for a few minutes lesson from a trickster. How do these guys juggle plenty balls all at once? Tha must have to be a life skill, LOL *Just thinking out loud*
I moved furniture around a little for a different outlook, maybe it will help calm my nerves and give me a better space to tutor the girls and work on my blog and other pending assignments when they were done. But guess what, there was a plethora of other mum tasks that needed to taken care of daily too.
Then the girls will remind me of how I never had enough time for them and their games. But in my defence, they make up the most elaborate games ever and even have over a hundred invented games in their list- from The Teaching game, The Cooking game, The Readiing Café, The Doctor game to The Dress up game and the more hilarious ones like The Vernacular game and The Mum game- so you see why I can’t keep up with all these games and their rules?
Nobody quite can.
I should create an APP for them, they need to start making a few bucks out of these games, don’t you think so? *LOL again*
But I try to be present for the kids, instead of just being in the same room but preoccupied with another task.
I have also started involving the girls in sharing chores with me… as opposed to trying to rush and get everything done alone. They prefer sharing chores with me to completing chores by themselves because they get to spend more time with me, so it’s a WIN-WIN situation and everyone is happy at the end of the day.
As a result of all these, I put the brakes on the blog for a while. I didn’t create all the posts I had originally planned for the blog at the specific periods they were supposed to be published. Also, I didn’t do vlogmas(even though I knew it will help my baby channel and create memories for the girls in future).
But guess what? That’s totally OK.
Hopefully, I still want to write regularly because despite all these, I feel a moral obligation to you my amazing readers, whom I share my struggles and realities with. I just don’t want my blog to be successful at the expense of my family and everthing else.
I want my girls to see my passion, I want them to see me work hard to accomplish my goals, I want to imbibe godly values and love in them, I want them to see me constantly challenge myself to evolve and learn new things and ultimately, I want this for them too, God being my help.
Nevertheless, I still want them to see me letting my hair down, unwinding, being goofy and spending quality family time with them. I look forward to what 2021 has in store for us and I can’t wait to share more with you soon. Please be sure to stop by my Youtube channel -Nikimandi Vlogs- for a related video on my ‘New Year Insights’ and share yours too.
Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. Despite all the happenings in the world, what was your favorite memory of 2020? I love reading about your experience just as much as I love to share with you too. Please share!
XOXO,
Yours Truly
Nikimandi
Nikimandi
