An Incomplete List of Everything I Am Trying To Do That a 1950s Mother Didn’t
A rant at the end of the Easter holidays
Maintain some semblance of a successful career
Reduce packaging waste
Nurture creative pursuits (beyond gardening and dressmaking)
Find and prepare unprocessed food for my family
Cater to myriad dietary intolerances (including the dog’s)
Ensure my children have enough sport/art/music outside of the measly provision at school, including driving to the next town or further multiple times a week
Tackle climate change
Ignore social media
Exercise
Supervise indoor and outdoor playtime
Manage screen time
Heal generational trauma
Meditate
COVID
Protect and educate my children for their digital futures
Shapewear
Source chemically safe, non-carcinogenic, not-tested-on-animals, not-made-by-exploited workers, vegan soaps/shampoos/lotions/potions
Write
Research, understand and single-handedly support ADHD in my partner and child
Not smoke
Not drink
Not take amphetamines
Not take benzodiazepine
Not hit my kids
Not shout at my kids
Not have to compensate for an absent father (physically or emotionally)
Not live next door to all my best friends
Not have support from (or even a relationship with) my parents
Yoga
If you had to leave only the essentials what would be left on the list then?