Scheduling time for yourself on the weekends as a parent - why it's important and how I'm doing it

Whenever I mention doing anything “solo” on the weekends my DMs are flooded with questions like “how??” “what is the structure here??” “I feel like you and your husband have a process that gets you each time to do your own thing, what is it??” and even “how do you get to go to yoga and take a nap?”. Something about the “get to” in the last DM is what sparked me writing this piece because I couldn’t shake it. Not in a way that I felt attacked (at all, especially because the second line was “I’m jealous”), but because it reminded me that society has engrained in us that we, as moms, must do everything for our children and having any time to ourselves, even to do important things like exercise and rest, are treated as the ultimate unreachable luxury. All of these DMs have also reminded me that many people have not demanded the equal partnership they deserve.

So, if this is you, here is what we’re going to do…