If you’ve followed my blog for a while, you know that I dislike the idea of “convenience” when it comes to life and motherhood. We are prompted to constantly chase and seek out what is “convenient” when it comes to parenting, life, daily routine, and even food. And it’s such a lie. There aren’t many convenient things that are healthy or genuinely help us. Convenient foods are typically fast food or prepackaged. They contain all sorts of ingredients that are meant to support production speed and shelf life of the “food” and not support our bodies.

How much does convenience factor into your food choices? Do you spend a lot of time looking for a quick fix? Write about how much convenience is influencing your daily food choices and if it is indeed serving you and your family. Be specific. Note if you’d like to see this trend continue or change for your family.

Bonus: Brainstorm about how you can work food planning into your daily routine so that you are always prepared and don’t have to rely on last minute food choices when you and the kids are beyond hungry.

Personal Goal:
Whole Foods:
Sugar:
Water:

This is where each day’s work really comes together. On the very last day of every month, take a moment to read back over your writing. What did you learn? See? Notice? Did your writing voice change? Did you write more or less as the month went on? Did you set the example? Check your expectations? Did you get one more moment of Alone Time than you did last month? Is it still a work in progress?

Has your attitude about Alone Time changed? Has your family’s? What will you do more of? What will you do differently? Do you feel more mindful of your needs? Of your family’s needs? More mindful in general? Have your needs changed? Are you pausing more? Taking more deep breaths? Look over the goals you chose on March 1st…have they been met? Changed? Expanded?

Let it all out! This is our last day to journal about Alone Time before we switch to April’s topic…Date Night. March was about our time away, April will be about our time together.

Write one or two heartfelt thank yous to anyone who helped you this month…your spouse, a babysitter, your kids, a friend, an internet stranger whose comment inspired you. Say “thank you.”

Thanks for listening. Thanks for supporting my goals. I want us to be a strong, balanced family—thanks for seeing that time away can improve our time together (that sort of thing). Be kind. Be specific. Be genuine.

Engage online! Join the conversation over on our Facebook page or comment on IG! Share what you’ve learned with other mamas, ask what’s working for others, gather ideas, talk about it! What’s been the hardest part of this month? What did you

Engage online! Join the conversation over on our Facebook page or comment on IG! Share what you’ve learned with other mamas, ask what’s working for others, gather ideas, talk about it! What’s been the hardest part of this month? What did you learn about yourself? Your kids? Your family? How has your attitude about Alone Time changed?