WORKING MAMAS 2022
Avoid th by Amanda Engelbrecht Have you ever just longed for life to be less busy? Less stressful? A little less of the frantic running from one thing to the next with barely a minute to spare? Everybody knows how fast life gets busy, no
Priorities: Identify your priorities.
matter how hard we try. As soon as you think you
What is important to you? What are your most
have it all figured out, another curveball comes
important values? You would still be happy and
your way. As a mom who homeschools, works
content if you found these things intact despite
from home and has been journeying with chronic
everything else falling apart.
illness, I have had my fair share of curveballs and
Here are three things that matter to me:
frustrations along the way. Allow me to share with
1.
Connection with my son. It leads to peace
you the three principles which have helped save
in our home, minimizes conflict, and mini-
my sanity and work from a position of rest other
mizes stress for both of us.
than hustle.
2.
My health. Everything else falls into place so much easier when I am in the best phys-
But first, what do I mean by "working from rest"?
ical, mental, and emotional shape. Priori-
Where work should not be hectic, rushed, or hur-
tizing my health, making sure I have time
ried. But strive to work from a place of peace and
for all those mundane and more fun self-
intention while keeping a pace and rhythm that
care activities. From getting enough hours
gives you peace in your daily routine. My health,
of sleep; to having time to do something
satisfaction with life, and even my family have
original like reading or taking a walk on the
improved since I started working from a place of
beach, that makes life so much more man-
rest.
ageable. 3.
Meaningful employment. It's about meeting
The three principles I focus on are: Priorities,
our basic needs while protecting my sanity.
Schedule, Support. My life is guided by these
Of course, it is not always possible to have
principles that enable me to work from rest when
a job that ignites our passions but, having
I apply them.
a choice, I lean towards finding meaningful
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employment.
