Hello and welcome! It is another week and already it feels like it should be the end.
My son decided that he would kick off this morning because he couldn’t take his tablet into school. I am not sure if these devices are a blessing or a burden. Any how once he was at the school gate and went into his classroom he was fine.
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Having a weekly routine helps, and I have shared my morning routine in a previous blog post, see link below:
It is good to have a routine throughout the day as I find the day goes much better when we do.
In the mornings I set three alarms. One at 6am, 7am and 7:25am. I know this seems strange but there is logic to my madness, and that is so I wake up gradually and not just get up straight away as I could end up staying in my bed for longer.
Having a final alarm at 7:25am is like my last call, and I have to get up and get ready for the day, however by then I am fully awake.
The one thing I have started to do is having my shower the night before, and I got to say it has saved me a lot of time.
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I will sometimes mix it up, like on Monday when Henry finished school early I took him on the bus and train and then to the park where he had his tea, but I still like to do the same thing in the mornings getting to school, when I return home whilst my son is at school and the afternoon and evenings.
Sometimes it can depend on what mood my son is in, but when we get back home from school we will do some reading, watch our favourite quiz shows and then play a game of some kind.
Then by 5pm me and Henry will have his dinner and sometimes I will join him or I may eat a bit later with my mum and stepdad, and then Henry will go to bed between 7 to 8pm, and I will read him a few bedtime stories.
I won’t always allow my sons tablet before bed as it can effect his sleep, but once he is settled in bed, I will often along with my shower in the evening do some more work to get ahead of myself the day before.
I also have a weekly routine, where by I will go on regular walks outside to get some exercise or train indoors. Please check out my Sports and Fitness Coaching blog for further details on this:
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I will use my weekends to exercise more if not able to fit it all in the week, go and visit the shops, sit in a park and do more work on my blogs and books.
Sundays is usually my extra self care day, where by I will shave my legs, wash my hair and use my body scrub.
I will use the free time I have at the weekends to also catch up on TV or watch a film.
It is important to me that however much as I want to get bits done it is also important to schedule in some down time to not write and just listen to an audio book or do some reading, or some days have an early night so I am bright and cheerful for the next day.
So get in touch and tell me what you routine has been like, are you slowly getting back to normal. Please leave a comment below.
Many thanks for reading,
Carrie X
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