Filipina Pate

Last week wasn’t one of my best. I blew off my food diary, blew off exercising, I even blew off yoga class today. It hasn’t be pretty.

I guess the good news is that I am learning more and more about how to help my little kid grow up to be the best person he can be. I skimmed through a book that discusses activities you can do with you baby in the first three years that will help your baby grow smart. The recommendations are based on scientific studies collected from the past ten years or so.

I’m happy because I’m doing a lot of things that the book recommends. And also, the recommendations aren’t that difficult to add into your day. It boils down to giving you child your full attention, bonding with your child, and developing your child’s communication skills.

The biggest change I’m going to make is to stop trying to multi-task and do other things while the little man is awake. The laundry can wait. The dishes can wait. He’s only going to be little for a short time ad I don’t want him to only see me when I’m working on a computer or watching tv. He wants to play. He wants to learn. He wants to talk to me!

This doesn’t mean that I have to cut back on some of my ambitious goals. Instead, I need to work towards each goal more slowly and more deliberately with my full mind focused on it and not think about all the other activities going through my day.

It’s actually pretty difficult to put so much energy into one thing at a time. But if it were easy to change, than more people would do it more often.

I got a response back from the Latino art gallery. They provide classes to children and arts to supplement their monthly exhibits on Latino art at the gallery. The next gallery opening is the first week of September and the coordinator invited me to participate.

I feel like the Universe is slowing guiding me towards a path and opening the doors for me to make it easier for me to pass. Can I really handle volunteering at two different arts groups? Both groups are based in the city ad it would be a good 30-45 minute drive to get there every week. I’m a little concerned about the cost of driving up there and some part of me thinks that it might be better for me to get a part-time job to supplement our family’s thin income.

Then again, this is something I want to do for myself. And it might end up being the beginning of a new career. It’s worth it to try it for a month. It’s not one of those things you can think about; I think it’s just something you have to do.

I like the idea of practicing some kind of yin form of exercise to counterbalance the yang of boxing. The boxing club has a yoga class on Sunday afternoons and I love our teacher. I think I want to find another place to practice yoga on Tuesday evenings.