Matilda & Jo

We are a week into 2020! After this first week, does anyone else already feel like 2020 is going fast? Almost twelve months ago I chose “Be Intentional” as my guiding phrase for 2019. I had goals for my family, finances, my education, and personal development. I wrote,

As I shared a couple of months ago, I’m taking life a little slower these days. And I super love it. I didn’t stop taking classes this semester just so I could fill it up with a ton of other things to do, as evident by my lack of blogging much. I still plan on continuing to share and have been working on content, but I’m basically taking everything slow while I better figure out what I want my life to look…

I decided not to take classes this Fall. And, honestly, I may not return to my grad program at all. It tugs at my heartstrings a little, but I feel like the more I say it, the better it feels. You guys, I’ve had a weird summer. To be honest, it started out amazing. I finished my first year of my Masters with a 4.0 at the end of April and was ready for four glorious months of not doing anything but…

So I totally had a different blog post planned for today, but I’m going to push that out until next week because I feel like maybe a lot of us need this reminder. It’s no secret that I’m busy and it’s a love/hate relationship. I love the things I’m doing, but I cringe when people start off a conversation with me by saying, “I know you are so busy…” It feels like it’s supposed to be a compliment, but how do you…

Mom guilt is stupid. Guilt alone isn’t a terrible thing. It helps us recognize that we’ve done wrong, because we feel wrong. That’s human and that’s healthy. But that’s not what people mean when they use the term “mom guilt.” What they mean is a mixed up bag of gendered emotions, expectations, shortcomings, failures, stereotypes, and people-pleasing tendencies. It’s shame for not being whatever picture-perfect image of a mother you have in your head. And every mother experiences it to varying degrees….