the peaceful peacock

I can gen­er­ally tell how pro­duc­tive the day will turn out by 10am.  Psy­chic?  Nah.  It’s a sim­ple mat­ter of dis­ci­pline.  If I get myself in gear and do the major­ity of my “Daily Dis­ci­plines”, then I know I’ll have a pro­duc­tive day.  If I fal­ter and blow them off, then the day is already shot by mid-morning.

Amaz­ing but true.

These are small prac­tices, baby steps in the world at large, but for a mother of two tiny chil­dren I’d say it’s a pretty good challenge.

Make the bed.

This has become much more impor­tant now that the bed is in the liv­ing room.  (In a space that used to be a bed­room at some point in time so it’s really not that weird.  And it works for us so there you go.)

Brush everyone’s teeth.  And floss mine.

This is much trick­ier than I ever imag­ined it could be.

Make some­thing.

Sit at the table and eat break­fast together.

Get the giant stroller and go for a walk.

Even when it looks like this outside:

I’ll admit that we don’t nec­es­sar­ily get out into snowy weather every day…do you have any idea how long it takes to get them dressed for this?

Sit still with myself for a moment of peace.  Every sin­gle day.

This usu­ally involves cook­ies, a cup of Moroc­can Mint Green Tea, and Face­book.  Today it’s choco­late bis­cotti that I made over the weekend.

Dance.

Usu­ally in the liv­ing room.

And let’s not forget:

Dishes.

Laun­dry.  Laun­dry.  Laun­dry.  And more laundry.

Vac­u­um­ing.

Some­times these mun­dane tasks require a lit­tle extra boost of moti­va­tion ~ I fol­low my friend Asja’s advice and put on a cardi­gan, some polka dots, a pretty neck­lace, and some tall shoes.

My heels of choice are Danskos.

chocolate biscotti recipe, motherhood