If I’m Being Honest, Your Goals Really Do Take a Back Seat After Having Kids
But, it’s not entirely a lost cause
When I found out I was pregnant with our first child, I was overwhelmed with joy and also a decent amount of fright. Initially, I was mostly in shock at how quickly it happened.
After my husband and I decided to start trying for a baby in 2022, I mentally prepared myself for a potentially long conception journey after hearing so many stories from other women I knew struggling to conceive. For us, it was a very quick turnaround — which I always feel so terrible saying out loud.
Lo and behold, two rapid home pregnancy tests later, my entire world was flipped upside down and my mind immediately shifted towards all of the possible ways that our lives were going to drastically change. In just nine short months, it wasn’t going to be just me and my husband anymore. It wasn’t going to be just us at dinner together, or just us traveling together, or just us waking up in the morning, or just us to think about anymore. A tiny human was soon going to occupy our home and our hearts.
For the past decade or so — before my husband and long before my daughter — I had been keeping an ongoing list of short-term and long-term goals for my life. Then, at the end of each year, I’d look back at my list…
