We have a lot of batteries in our house. It's an occupational hazard of being a mom. When I was still a young and innocent mommy, I greatly invested in wood colored building blocks for my kids. And I solemnly vowed: no plastic in óur house!
Fast forward fifteen years, and the building blocks have been replaced by a Wii, and a Playstation. And these are accompanied by battery devouring controllers. So I greatly invested in rechargeable batteries.
But the most important battery of them all is me! As a mom I need to recharge my batteries regularly. And the best way for me to do this, is by running. Even if I don't feel like going out for a run, I force myself to do it anyway, because I know wit absolute certainty: afterwards I will feel much better.
Sometimes I even feel so powerful after a run, I invite my kids to build a tower.
Of dusty wood colored building blocks.
How I recharge my batteries
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Nicole Orriëns
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Nicole Orriëns
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Nicole Orriëns studeerde psychologie aan de Universiteit Utrecht. Sinds 2001 is ze fulltime blogger en eigenaar van Professional Blogging Services. Ze gebruikt haar achtergrond om praktische informatie voor dagelijks leven te delen. Nicole is getrouwd, moeder van vijf kinderen en woont op het Achterhoekse platteland. Achterhoekse platteland.
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LOVE this post! love. I too swore "no plastic" ~ ha ha... but truly, I was sick today. Struck down and slept for 8 hours. Well, without the battery running the house, the house didn't really work in the way it normally does. Not that my H didn't do a fine job kid wrangling... its just that in a day, I, um, do more than JUST wrangle the kids...
So, in response to your comment about groups - I love to run with a group, but true, you have to find a group that runs the right speed. It seems to work for us. This year our small running group (6-8 runners) has joined forces with a HUGE running team (1,100 participants) for marathon training. This way we have support for our 20 milers. Of course, it helps that a whole lot of us are training for the same race...
As far as the original post, yes, "that was it"... I didn't think it was really about pace, but apparently I offended someone. As far as I can tell, she was the only person who 'didn't get it'. Thanks for your comment though, I appreciate it!
So true. We need to recharge our batteries to keep up with life, kids, and everything. Running does it for me too.
great post! I do it with a babysitter!!!
Absolutely important as a mom to take time to recharge...and so easy to forget to do it!
Its great how excercise can make you feel better!!
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