Do you arrange for yourself to have free time?
By Dominique25
@Dominique25 (9464)
United States
March 29, 2013 10:00am CST
I think it's important for us to schedule some time for ourselves. Otherwise all we do is work and take care of our responsibilities. When we make a little time for ourselves we are energized to again take care of our other responsibilities. What things do you enjoy doing for your free time?
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@judelen (428)
• Philippines
30 Mar 13
Hello! Yes i do arrange myself if I have a free time. For me i will inspect the rooms in the house, digging plants outside, go to the stock room and look something to do and keep them. But most of mu free time i will spent this in making money online.
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@Dominique25 (9464)
• United States
31 Mar 13
Yes it is nice to be able to earn money online. I know that I spend a great deal of my time trying to earn online. It would be nice if the money came in faster but that's not always how things work. So we will just have to keep doing our best.
@maddysmummy (110)
• United States
30 Mar 13
At the moment I have a lot of free time. I work out, run, read a book, watch a movie, surf the net, play games, chat with family and friends overseas, sleep, relax and enjoy my me time. However i'll be going Full time next week and things will change a bit. I won't have much free time as I do now but will probably wake up an hour earlier to do things or workout at night.
@Dominique25 (9464)
• United States
31 Mar 13
Glad to hear that you are enjoying your time off. It is amazing how fast things go when we are having fun. Enjoy the rest of your weekend and feel refreshed to go back to your other schedule.
@SViswan (12051)
• India
29 Mar 13
Yes, I do. Early morning is my free time...when my husband and kids are in bed. I get atleast an hour to myself. I read, surf the net, listen to music or go for a walk. These are things that I normally don't get to do when my kids are awake.
Sometimes, I also use 5-10 mins to make or have a look through of my to-do list for the day.
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@Dominique25 (9464)
• United States
31 Mar 13
Glad to hear that you are able to have that hour in the morning to yourself. I think it is so important for mothers especially to have some alone time. Because we do not get weekends or paid vacations off of being a parent and caregiver. We are on call all the time so to speak. So we do need to squeeze in time somewhere for ourselves.
@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
29 Mar 13
I don't get much free time but I need to start finding time to just be me. That is why I enjoyed my sisters wedding SO much because I felt like me, instead of just wife and mother. I got to get my nails done for the first time in years so it was nice! =)
In my free time, when I do get that I like to read, sing, write, and scrapbook.
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@Dominique25 (9464)
• United States
31 Mar 13
I'm glad that you really enjoyed getting ready for and being a part of your sister's wedding. I do agree that we need to just be ourselves every now and then. All the things you mentioned are enjoyable things to do. I always say I would like to start scrapbooking but I never seem to get around to it. I need to work on that more.
@WakeUpKitty (8694)
• Netherlands
29 Mar 13
I do more and more. Today I let my children help out a lot, I had some time with my eldest daughter who came by plus with a friend. I made some time for me to do what is most necessary and now I am making time to be on the internet. Later on I will have my sunbath :-) I am still learning, still running up and down, from early in the morning till late at night but I am improving each day (at last since it's time).
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@Dominique25 (9464)
• United States
31 Mar 13
Glad to hear that you are doing things you enjoy doing. Sometimes I think we get so focused on others that we neglect ourselves because we just don't have a lot of time. But we have to start prioritizing our individuality and doing activities we like.
@Dominique25 (9464)
• United States
31 Mar 13
I'm glad to hear that you have scheduled in time for yourself. It is necessary for us to do this otherwise things will crowd out this time. We only have twenty four hours in a day and we must have a little of that time for ourselves.
@vidhyaprakash_2 (7116)
• India
31 Mar 13
Hi friend, you are right, we must be organized and spend our time in a good manner to save it as well as utilize it in an useful way. As we know time is gold, so we never waste it. Too much of work will give tiredness to us, we must allocate some time for our relaxation and refresh our self to get new energy. It will help us to do our work eagerly.
@Sherryrob1 (126)
• United States
31 Mar 13
The older I get I realize how important it is to have Me time. Away from everyone I know with the phone on silent. A few months ago I decided to go to a Sunday matinee by myself for the first time. I loved it. Now I do it on a regular basis. I call it my two hours of solitude and I even look forward to it.
I went today and noticed that there were several people there by themselves and I just glanced around and smiled wondering if they were sneaking in some Me time too.
