Weathering the Storm of Post-Festivity Fatigue

Recovered from the festive frenzy and feeling the mental load of motherhood heavier than a sack of presents, I took a moment this morning for some much-needed stillness. As I closed my eyes in meditation, bypassing the gym to give my body a break, I was reminded of the importance of self-care amidst the chaos of life. Join me in this latest Jenny VIP Thought series mini-episode as I peel back the layers of post-holiday exhaustion, sharing the unvarnished truth of parenting three energetic kids on Christmas Day. From the early morning excitement to the relentless pace of activities, I reflect on the rollercoaster of emotions and the mental tug-of-war between being present for my children and preserving my own health.

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:00

Hi everybody. Welcome to the Jenny VIP Thought series. This is just like a little mini-sode series that I've been developing over the past few months. Essentially, I just want to be more in touch and be more transparent and, honestly, more alignment with all of you who've been listening to the podcast. These little episodes are really meant to give you all just real thought snapshots in the moment, things that I think that I'm struggling with or emotions that I'm going through. I want to be able to share them with all of you, because I want you to know that we're all going through this. If you're having a particularly rough week, maybe one of these little mini-sodes might resonate with you, because we all have them. Life has tons of ups and downs and I think it's just important to know that you're not in it alone, and this is really what the point of all these are you won't hear the same topic over and over again.

Speaker 1: 1:06

Most likely it's going to be very different from episode to episode, but I really hope that you find them helpful and I would love to hear from you on them. Let's take a listen.

Speaker 2: 1:16

Hello everybody, thank you for having on for another little thought module. I did something very important this morning and I've talked about this before, but you'll always hear me say this and I will say it until everybody is also prioritizing this and making sure that they do this. I was feeling very drained last night when I went to bed, which is understandable because this will air a little bit later. But last night when I went to bed it was Christmas Day and I was feeling incredibly drained from just the whole, everything like the whole leading up to Christmas Day and then the day itself. My kids are. They've been early risers since they were little, but obviously Christmas Day they're super excited. They got up at 430 in the morning and my husband and I had to continuously like keep putting them back in their rooms until we until I like caved at like 630 and was like all right, you know, let's go downstairs now it's it's getting time to uh, to open gifts or whatever.

Speaker 2: 2:32

But my kids are very energetic, they're very lively, like they want to always be doing something, they're always curious about something and and it's wonderful and I try to lean into it, but it's also exhausting because there's three of them and so they all want your full, undivided attention. They all want to. Let's say, for example, my son got a science kit. Everybody wants to see, the wants to be participating for working on the science kit and doing the little experiments that they had. And then it like first thing in the morning it was, you know, obviously, open all the presents, then it was unboxing all the stuff, putting all the stuff together I had, and it was like making breakfast, and then you know all day long their energy level because all the excitement was through the roof.

Speaker 2: 3:30

Um, it went. We went through pretty much all the activities that I thought would last them for the week. Um, all pretty much happened yesterday because they were so excited to to use it, use everything, excuse me, which is great because I wanted them to use everything. But I just I got it's a lot in one day and they don't paste themselves, they kind of just throw themselves in. So by last night and then of course, I have the mental load of like food and regular mom stuff and thinking ahead for the week, etc. Etc. So by the time I got to bed last night I was, I was drained, I was feeling it and, and, as you can hear kind of sick. Um, I got over being. I was really sick last week and it's gotten away, like the illness has gone away, but this um Dry cough and my tonsils are swollen etc.

Speaker 2: 4:34

So, anyway, I'm like really run down last night and I I made it a point to go to bed somewhat early. I think I was asleep by like 10 o'clock or 10 30 something like that, because I was just so beat up.

Speaker 2: 4:46

But this morning I made it a point to get up and meditate and I was gonna go to the gym too, but I'm still a little like run down, ish. So I didn't do that. I was like the meditation is incredibly important to me and it for my mental health and everything my whole life. So I Made it a point to go and when I was leaving this morning my husband was like. I was like oh, I'm upset, something about being tired. He said he was like well, why you just stay home, like stay in bed? And I said to him I was like I don't go do something for myself, I'm gonna go crazy, and it's true.

Speaker 2: 5:21

So, like I Get caught up in this, this web, and I know I know that all of you probably feel the same way, or majority of you get caught up in the web as well, where You're constantly going and you're constantly needing to do something and you're constantly in charge of everything, and I hear you. But making sure you refill your Energy level and your cup so that you can show up as your best self is incredibly important, because by the end of the day yesterday my kids were even like why are you so grumpy? I'm like you could woke me up at 4 30 in the morning. I was like it by six. I was like I don't want to see anybody anymore. So this morning I was like I have to prioritize myself, because if I don't prioritize myself now and I wait until you know later, or I put it off and I'm like I'll just do everything later for myself, I know that I won't be able to do that. So doing it for me first thing in the morning is what works. I have to do it at that time, otherwise I won't do it at all.

Speaker 2: 6:22

Might be a different scenario for other people and maybe you could do it at night, midday, whatever, but the point is just make sure you do it, because if you don't do it, then you you're gonna feel bad and you're gonna be grouchy and you're going to be Snapping at people. And I'm not talking about just meditation alone, I mean anything that you do that really Just kind of relaxes you and puts you into a state of like okay, I feel refreshed, I feel like I Can tackle this day like that's where you want to be at. Um, so it's just. This is your, just your little reminder here Please make sure that you take five minutes a day, prioritize yourself just for five minutes and Do something that makes you feel like You've gotten some time to reset and refresh and just do something for yourself. I Hope found this helpful and I hope that you listen, take care everybody.

Speaker 1: 7:22

Thank you for listening to um Jenny's little VIP thought episode. I hope you did find it helpful and, again, these are little, mini, quick hits so won't take too much of your day, and I hope that it just brings you some Clarity, some peace, maybe some joy and some instances, knowing that you know we're sort of all in this together. Check out some of our full episodes which have guests and my co-hosts and you know lots of great things in them. But I hope that these mini, mini so it's are helpful to you. Thank you and take care.