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hey busy bees I'm back and today I
thought I would start my mom series I
know it's not Monday or mom days today
but today is a good day to start as any
so I wanted to start off with something
that's really been not close to me or
challenging to me so much as it is just
something that has really stuck to me
the past month especially during the 30
days series this is gonna be my life as
a working mom and just how I kind of
sort myself out and how I get by moms
working moms particularly our heroes I
don't know how you guys do it thankfully
I have a flexible enough job that I work
from home every day but I still hold two
jobs yes I have two jobs my youtube
career and also I work in the travel
industry and after having air-sea I
switched to part-time which still feels
a lot like a full-time job because we
have such a small staff and I holds a
lot of the knowledge and the companies
so I'm constantly doing stuff that is
not is no longer my role so just you
know being a working mom and trying to
be there for your child is hard so if
you guys are a working mom I give you
the biggest round of applause the first
tip and something that I've learned this
past month was to ask for help when Nate
and I decided to do the 30 day challenge
we thought we could handle having a baby
at home raising an eight month-old baby
all the while filming and juggling our
other duties as a human being and it was
really really hard let me tell you once
my mom came down last
to help us out it was like I could cop I
could finally come up for air again just
asking for help and having her come down
just kind of took a big weight off not
that air she has a lot of work no she
really is at this point because she's
starting to become mobile so you don't
really have to watch every little thing
but having my mom just having us a third
helping hand allowed us to rest a little
bit more rest is so important especially
when you're working but for 30 days
straight it really takes a toll on you
but also when I'm super busy the first
thing that I forget to do is eat so I
for me I like to cook at home and you
guys know that but I don't like to go
out every day because for a while we
were not eating we were not eating and
we were just eating the stuff that we
were cooking and sometimes that's not
like a full meal so luckily I don't have
just help from my mom but I have help
from plated who's able to deliver fresh
food to my house and all I have to do is
cook it up I've partnered with plated
and what I love about them is that they
have dishes that I typically wouldn't
cook for myself so it's just this week I
ordered beef Kibby and nasi goreng and
then this like share cookie platter
which is really cool I haven't made the
cuy platter yet because I am sticking to
the 30 days so I will be making that
actually today because a 30 day is over
what I love about them is they allow me
to be adventurous in my cooking so nasi
goreng and beef cab a is this something
that I would typically cook and what's
really cool is that all the food comes
already measured out and I just have to
throw it together based on their
directions having things already
prepared and prepped and all I have to
do is cook it together save so much time
and it allows me to eat a balanced meal
still if you guys are interested in
trying it out be sure to check
code especially for my viewers honey 60
typically it may offer new customers
only 50% but for busy bees they're
offering you guys 60% so if you guys
happen to try it out do let me know what
you think I mean there's so many
interesting stuff on the menu that
really allows us to be in like
adventurous for me when I was looking
through the menu I was thinking mmm this
looks good that looks good I kind of
wanted everything but hey also these
adventurous dishes really inspires me to
kind of mix and match and come up with
my own like new dishes so not only does
it help feed me it kind of sparks my
creativity too so I really like that so
lesson number two for me that I learned
throughout the past 30 days was to set
boundaries since I work part time you
know I have to make a time window for
myself when the office can call and time
for me to be with era see and time for
me to work on YouTube so a lot of times
I get calls ringing as soon as like 8:30
in the morning and I feel like I have to
get it and I have to answer and get back
to them right away but after a while I
felt like I was working around the clock
and that's not part time that's really
just taking a toll on me so really
having to set boundaries saying like no
my office hours for this job is from
2:00 to 6:00 and I will be able to get
back to you with anything that you'd
like but I know that sometimes work
doesn't wait for my schedule so I try to
just have to prioritize what's important
to get back right away and what not to
get back right away
but setting boundaries has been
something that's been really hard for me
because I was always the yes person I
would say yes to taking on any new
projects because I'm people please her I
want people to be happy with my work I
want them to be you know to rely on me
knowing that I'm gonna do a good job and
I still hold those kind of values but
being able to prioritize and set those
boundaries has been a big challenge for
me to push back to balance my life so
that I don't go crazy and finally the
last tip that I learned is to be present
when I'm filming sometimes my mind is
off somewhere kind of thinking okay is
air-sea okay is she standing up is she
this or that or when I'm working on my
other job I'm thinking oh shoot did I
Instagram oh shoot I need to do this and
that for this recipe Oh what am I gonna
test next and that really messes with my
head like I'm all over the place you
guys know in my 30-day series I told you
guys I wasn't able to sleep not only
because of Eris II but also because I
was so stressed out I was stressed out
about work I got overwhelmed thinking
about how many days we have left and how
many days we have to film a certain dish
and what I should do to make it
interesting and so that really took a
toll on me so I learned to just shut
everything out and just be present if
I'm filming and I'm working on
honeysuckle I need to just think about
that obviously if baby's crying then I
need to go get her but I just need to
make sure she's comfortable that she is
happy fed and we really started to
implement the scheduling the nap
schedule once grandma was here so that
was so nice to be able to have someone
be on hand with Eris see when she was
crying if she wasn't able to nap to rock
her back I wish I could be there to do
that for her too but just with my crazy
schedule I wasn't able to do that for
every single nap especially since you
guys know she wasn't sleeping so being
present when I'm working on a certain
project and just focusing on that has
really really helped with
compartmentalizing my stress level if
that makes sense just that I shouldn't
be spending my time with air-sea
thinking about work and I should be just
there with her playing with her and if
I'm working just thinking about that so
that
really help that's a lesson that I'm
still trying to learn and implement just
for my own sanity but it's it's a work
in progress
anyways so mom days I wanted to be kind
of conversation between you and I I am
still a new mom and I'm learning so much
the only thing that I can say that I've
really mastered is making baby food so I
will definitely be sharing a lot of baby
food recipes during mom days but I would
love to know what you guys want to talk
about if you guys have any tips for me
if you guys you guys actually have been
helping me so much during this whole
process of being a new mom giving me
tips for why Aerys II wasn't sleeping
books to read stuff like that so I
really appreciate it let's keep the
conversation going and if you guys have
any ideas for mom days I would love to
know what they are
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mom days bye