What I did instead was came here, posted, read, listened, followed the advice
Check. I'm following some of the advice. Working on this.
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That's what GAL is. It's this huge, daunting task that you need to do even though you don't want to. You don't go from zero to full GAL overnight. You start with a piece, and you build on it. Don't be paralyzed by fear, pick something small and do it. Maybe it's walking around the block every evening after work. Or learning to knit, or paint. Pick something and spend some time every day doing it. Don't think about all the reasons why you can't or won't or shouldn't, just make it happen. It's that hard, and that easy.
You know me I put it all out there knowing full well I might get backlash. People here hold me accountable which is highly annoying but I appreciated being challenged. I'm a "handle with care" person though. Working on toughening up too.
7:00 wake up 7:45-5:00 work 5:00-5:30 pick up dinner 5:30-6:00 dishes and laundry 6:00-6:30 cook dinner 6:30-7:00 eat dinner. 7:00-8:00 chores, read, ipad, watch tv 8:00-8:30 S19 wants to talk before he visits WAH 8:30-9:45 D17 and I watch tv (not mindless) 9:45-10ish S19 comes home and wants to talk
He follows me to the bathroom while I brush my teeth and take my meds. Both my kids are chatty. They fight over getting my full attention. This isn't exact but you get the idea. I didn't do much of this before. We were this awful family where meals were eaten quickly, kids retreated to their rooms, WAH watched tv and we wouldn't see the kids until bedtime.
