Hello Hiver friends of Ladies of Hive. This is @saijan from the Philippines, ever since I joined Hive blog I always visit many communities that I could able to share my life experiences to give inspiration and I happen to visit this community and read the community contest #226.
I want to answer my thoughts on the question "How do you achieve inner peace despite busy life and daily struggles?"
I want to share some strategies that I always apply to achieve inner peace in my busy life as a mother and my daily struggles. First is Mindfulness and Meditation. As a busy mom, one that thought me to become at peace was to be mindful on what I'm doing. Especially when I'm with my children, I focused my mind and body to them, detaching from any unnecessary thoughts that would be a cause of my stress. When I can sense that I'm being bombarded with so many thoughts, I just go outside our house, and focused my mind on my surroundings. Sometimes the view outside makes me calm and think at peace again.
Second is to Prioritize Self-care, As a first time mom, I want to become the best mother to my children. Happened that my world is revolving around them and neglecting my self by not taking care of my body anymore. I found myself so much stress on the first months of being a mother, I feel insecure in so may ways. Slowly, I find way to balance being a mother and at the same time taking good care of myself. Simple things like buying myself some skin care or things that would make me happy sometimes it was okay to do that because prioritizing our energy is very important so that we could approach the day with a clearer perspective and challenge that will arouse.
Third strategy is to Set Healthy Boundaries. As a mother, we really have so many responsibilities every day. Taking care of our children, cooking for the family, doing laundry and the tasks goes on. What I do so that my energy would not be drain is to set boundaries and allow some tasks that will truly matter on that day. Like for example today I just want to play all day with my kids and tomorrow I will do the laundry. It's really important to say no to some tasks so that we wouldn't be drain and have a clearer goal to finished.
Fourth is to Embrace Imperfection. Sometimes I feel pressured if I'm still doing the right thing for my children. Then I always came into realization that nobody is perfect. Sometimes we are being stressed because of the expectation that we place to ourselves. Embrace the fact that mistakes and being imperfect is part of our growth and learning. This will alleviate the pressure and will allow us to approach our daily struggles with a positive and relaxed attitude.
Connect with Nature. Since I became a mother of two, I just happen to be on our house every day and doing the same thing over again and it would really lead us to stress. So when you feel the need to think and recharge again connecting to the nature is one of the best strategy. Whether it's just a walk on the park, hiking, or just simply sitting outside of your house. Nature offers a tranquil environment that would help us think at peace.
Last strategy that I want to share and I think it's one of the most important thing. It's to Seek Support. One that I'm so much thankful to God is for giving me my husband. He is my number one supporter in all decisions that I making right now. I always seek advice to Him, and also he's my partner on cultivating and taking good care of our children. Even though he is not with us during weekdays because of his work. He make sure to give us time every weekend, especially to our children. It's really important that we have someone who could talked to about our struggles in life may it be a friend or a family. Seeking support is a connection for us to have an inner peace especially during tough times.
Achieving inner peace amid daily struggles and being busy in life requires us to take effort and practice. Mindfulness and meditation, prioritizing self-care, setting boundaries, embracing imperfection, connecting with nature and seeking support will help us cultivate more peaceful and fulfilling life. Our journey may be tough, each small step will lead us to a greater sense of tranquility and resilience.
