Spend more time with your loved ones :)

Good morning lovely readers of the Goddess blog, it is Saturday so today we have the last blog post for the week and for today I decided to write a bit about why we should we spending more time with the people that we love :) I am feeling a bit melancholic today, so I hope that you guys will bear with me today even though today’s post may not be your cup of tea, but still - give it a go, and if you like and agree with what this Goddess had to write, remember to get her some coffees! :)

Last week I posted about this idea that we are feeling so guilty all the time – for working, for date night, for going out with our friends – and I posed this question: Do you think we can ever totally let go of the guilt? It seems in Serbia moms can – so why can’t we?

I believe this is an important area we need to address, particularly now as more and more women have to go back into the workforce due to the economy. Women are feeling guilty that they have to leave their children in daycare – or that we have to work all night at dishes and laundry and they can’t spend quality time with their children even when they are home in the evenings.

This is my goal for the next few months – to share with you ways in which you can let go of some of your guilt. And I would love your ideas and thoughts as well, so please comment on posts if you can.

Let’s be honest – we are tired at the end of the day! Sometimes we say we want to spend quality time with the kids (if you have them) and with our partners and then we have dinner, dishes, bathtime, homework, and bedtime to contend with – and then the day is over.

I received numerous tips and ideas about relieving some of the guilt, but the number one tip found in almost every single Seeking Arrangement debate I opened boiled down to this: When you are with family, be with family.

I’m sure you know what this means. It means:

• Don’t check your email every five minutes

• Put down the iPhone and stop the texts

• Don’t answer the phone for work when you have family time

• Don’t escape to the computer for ‘just a minute’ – you’ll be gone for hours (if not physically, at least mentally)

• Don’t talk about work when you are having family time

• Allow yourself to enjoy family time freely – play dress up, use your imagination, shed the ‘work’ aura you have to hang on to every working day

Family time is FAMILY time. We call it that for a reason: Because this is the time we designate to spend with our families. Not with work matters, not on the phone, not sending an email, but with our partners and for those of you are who are blessed with them, with your kids as well.

So let’s use this Saturday as a beginning - let’s spend more time with people that mean a lot to us, be it family or friends and let’s just forget about all the distractions. After all, life is way too short - and once we lose someone that we love, we are left with one of two things: either happy memories or regret. And trust this Goddess - regret is a silent killer that just will not let go. So let’s try to eliminate that by being better, by involving ourselves much more with our loved ones :)

That is it for today’s and this week’s posts guys! Goddess loves you all and will be back on Monday! :)

Take care,

xxxxx