find out who i am

because I think that one of my other 43 things, having a bake sale, is helping me to find who I am. This is something I’m doing that isn’t for me, my husband, my kids, my family, etc. It’s for a bigger cause, and I’m doing something to make the world a better place. I’m liking volunteering. If I can slip it in my schedule, I might see what else I can do volunteer-wise.

I’m a wife. I’m a mother. I’m a friend. All those define me, but I don’t know who I* am. I’m always someone’s something. I lost myself in becoming a wife and a mother. People say, “Make time for yourself”, and I know this is a cliche, but that is so much easier said than done. Who has time, really? It’s not like I can go out and pursue my interests. I work 2 jobs, I have 3 kids that are involved in various activities, and a husband that is as well. I need to try and figure out what *I like, what I enjoy, because honestly, I don’t know. This is my goal, but I’ll be honest…if I hear one more person say, “Just go out to a coffee shop or get a pedicure” blah blah blah, I might scream. You offering to babysit my kids? Work one of my jobs? Do my housework? No? OK then.