The Power Of Half An Hour
Most of my life I wanted to be on time or even earlier for meetings. Becoming a working mom and writing all my thoughts on Mama.srl has made my rule more difficult to follow. Nowadays I make it last minute most of the time. It’s frustrating for me as I barely have time to catch my breath or hear my thoughts even when I am alone. Still, when I want to be on time and have „early breaks”, the power of half an hour, is what saves me. I intend to get to the destination at least half an hour earlier which allows me time to set my goals and priorities.
The break
Half an hour means basically that you have time to focus and structure your thoughts. Most of the times I need to review my goals, set my priorities and understand my current position before I move. I need to see what I want and how I feel about it. I wanted to be on time for seeing a friend and on the way there I realised there were so many occasions we missed out on seeing each other that this event helped us make up for the lost time. And so I wanted to have more time to chat with her. Before that I should also spend time with my son, so I started the day early, engaged in play time, then drove off, I had the half an hour break and then went ahead with my meeting.
The detach
During the half an hour „break” I had time to quickly put some order in my priorities, remember that I can take time off to breathe and actually make the best of my ideas. As a mom I don’t have time for myself even when I schedule a visit at the beauty parlour. It’s rarely about myself and my routine for self care. I remember I used to judge my mom for being so careless about her makeup, but ironing all our clothes and cooking all our meals. Nowadays we are lucky to have so many options to eat out and so many non-iron clothes. And yes, today we even have the flawless makeup that stays on. Coming to think of it, I guess most of the beauty icons from back then would be heavily challenged these days by so many regular beauties.
The starter
I cannot detach myself from the work because I feel like I am loosing control. I am still thinking about what I could have done better even on a break. I managed back in 2020 to put some order in my life and start over under the new conditions. Then in 2023 I started over with a lot of self discipline. I am still self educating myself to be better every day. Having my son wake up early, I really think it’s great if I manage to finish my working day during the 8 hours of work, not to forget about certain mom obligations and even follow up on societal subjects. It’s hard to stop work, forget about work and then start over. And with breaks coming from distraction, it’s harder to keep the logical flow of thoughts.
The plan
Usually when I get that half an hour for myself, I manage to build a plan for something new. I am the person with several ideas. I feel like I have grown into a new level. I get to listen to music, to walk around the park or just to sit. Basically I get to do something out of the ordinary mom. I feel like I need time to develop my ideas and create more. Sometimes I am simply learning something new. Whether it’s about new technologies, something artistic, some simple episode to get my mind rolling or simply running some logical explanation of a memory. I am also chasing my fears away this way. I believe that discovering ourselves helps us build a bigger plan.
The end of the thoughts
When I tell my son I would love to hear my own thoughts he takes it literally so he needs a confirmation from my side that I was able to do so even after a small pause from his talking.
The outcome
So every half an hour that I get to spend thinking means I am able to feel and think better. The simple free your mind and build on your plan during that half an hour a day makes you a better and freer person. I truly believe half an hour for ourselves is a must. Even if I have to exercise and push my body into the new me, it’s helping all the loved ones. The Power of Half An Hour for self is like fuel for the best human being we could be.
