Ok, so what is an over-achiever really? Someone who goes above and beyond the necessary, someone who does things that just blow your mind, and someone we all seem to want to be but grumble about the ones who actually seem to have reached that goal....'ooooo, look at her, she's got it all together, what a little over-achiever', or 'sheesh, what a show off'. You know the types, and we all know the feeling of envy mixed with disgust about them too! And yet, we still want to be in that group.
Well, I'm wondering if they actually do exist, I mean for real over-achievers. At my house my 'necessaries' are laundry (ugh), cleaning (whine), breaking up preschooler brawls, oh, and remembering to feed the aforementioned preschoolers ( I have noticed that hunger tends to make the brawls worse-another hint to me that children are, in fact, very much like wild animals). So in order for me to be an over-achiever I would have to keep up on all the necessities and then also achieve some other goal, such as a cool project, a well thought out diner, or even a complete sentence that doesn't sound like something from Dr Seuss. It just doesn't seem realistic, to ever have it all together like that! I see blogs of 'super-crafty-cute-mom', or 'I'm-just-amazing-at-life-in-general-mom', or 'I-have-such-wonderful-kids-I-have-more-free-time-than-I-know-what-to-do-with-mom', and I have to wonder. How? I'm lucky to have clean underwear for everyone in the family, let me tell you, that is an achievement! Sure, I love doing crafty things and I often succumb to the urge to let everything else fall to the side and do a project of some sort. But I don't think it can count as an over-achievement. In all honesty, if I have completed a project it's usually because I have under-achieved for the day! The dishes pile up, the laundry gets forgotten (and sometimes sour-ewwww), and lunch often doesn't happen until after 2pm(hows that for a confession of bad parenting). Then I end up scrambling like a maniac trying to make up for the hours not spent on upkeep, adding in the mess I have created by my under-achievement project. So, in regards to the over-achievers out there, I think maybe some confessions on their part would be helpful, either that or how about a tutorial on how to accomplish everything and then some? Instead of 'how to make amazing museum quality artwork from food labels and sandwich baggies'(by the way, I'll be working on this one! haha!), I want to see 'how to juggle multiple moody preschoolers and a teething baby, all while preparing edible nourishment and looking half-way human'. Yeah, that's one I would definitely take note of! My guess on how they accomplish all that: 'The Merry Maid Service' and Chinese Take-Out on speed dial!!
Well, I remember hearing a wise man say that the laundry & dishes will still be there waiting for you tomorrow, but these precious moments with the littles will be gone way too soon! Same goes for those rare quiet moments with your honey!
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ReplyDeleteLibby, I just love you my friend. I can totally relate to this.
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