A New Feature on MamaBlogga
A couple months ago, one of my bloggy friends wrote a short post detailing things that made her feel “super accomplished.” Her list included things she’d done with each member of her family that week—specifically, time she’d spent one-on-one with each of them—as well as things that make her happy personally. A-ha, I thought. That has something to do with fulfillment! How can I steal build upon that?
The “big” accomplishment of motherhood is years—even decades—away. We can’t put off feeling fulfilled in this most important calling until our kids have kids of their own. So I want to help mothers find fulfillment in motherhood (and find it myself) every day—or at least once a week. And since Friday is not only alliterative, but a good time to review the accomplishments of a week, that’s when we’ll do it!
So, what are Feeling Fulfilled Fridays? They’re Fridays where we can look back over our week and say, “Yeah, I accomplished something this week.”
How do we know we’ve accomplished something? This can work a couple different ways. For me, I’m going to make a list of things that make me feel super accomplished. (Note: not über accomplished, like birthing a baby or finishing a first draft. Those kind of “accomplishment” milestones are a long time coming. I’m sticking to stuff I can do in a day or a week.) On Sundays or Mondays, I’m going to pick two or three things from the list and strive to complete those at least once during the week. On Fridays, I’ll share.
Great. How can you get in on that action? I’m so glad you asked! The way I most want you to participate is to think about things that make you feel accomplished as a mom and a person and make time for those things. But if you’d like to report back on how that experience makes you feel, I’d be delighted to hear about it. Next week, I’ll have a Mr Linky (or something similar) up for people to add links to their blog posts. You can also comment on next week’s Feeling Fulfilled Friday post if you don’t want to do your own.
Until then, spread the word! Let’s see how many people we can get in on this! Check back on Monday for awesome badges for your blog.
So, what makes you feel super accomplished?
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4 replies on “Feeling Fulfilled Fridays!”
Ooooooooo, I’m excited for this!
I don’t feel like thinking right now, but the first thing that comes to my mind that makes me feel super accomplished is having a tv-free day. The boys watch way to much tv. While I can actually accomplish other things while they’re kept quiet and in one room, the guilt keeps me from feeling really accomplished. I feel super accomplished when the tv has been off all day. Since that is far too rare, lately I feel just accomplished if the tv stays off for two hours straight. Progress…right??;)
Absolutely! I totally agree. I’m trying not to feel too guilty for relying on the TV while Rachel still needs to be held a lot—and hoping we’ll be able to wean ourselves off total dependence soon!
I was just thinking today that it’s so much easier to turn on the TV than it is to turn it off (and so much easier to sit down at the computer than it is to get up—which I’m going to do now!).
My first thought was I feel accomplished when ALL the laundry is done, but that never lasts long. Then when I read the comments, it made me think more and I feel really accomplished when we clean the house together as a family. I love it when everyone is working happily and, honestly, it is when we are working together that we have the best conversations and my kids open up the very most to tell me their feelings and what may be bothering and/or making them happy. I guess it is a case of the journey being more meaningful than the destination.
That’s a great one, Kristy! Reminds me of how the LDS Proclamation to the World on the Family lists work as one of the principles at the core of successful family life.