A Well-Heeled Life

I recently did a housekeeping/purge of sorts. Not of the home I live in, but of my social media accounts. The impetus? A ' Real Housewife ' (the city doesn't matter). I was perusing my Instagram feed and realized that for the 5th time in a week, 'Housewife X' was selling something. I found myself annoyed because it occured to me that the only things this particular housewife ever posts to her feed were new clothing items available for sale in her retail shop. Anyway, I decided to scroll back through her Instagram feed to confirm whether I was imagining this phenomena or not. A quick scan of about 1 years worth of posts confirmed that with the exception of 2-3 posts about her hubby/new baby, everything else she "shared" with her followers was about personal care, body care, or clothing items. All of which were available for sale. In fact, I couldn't help but notice several other fans commenting that they were "going to go broke" because...

I don't know about you, but I live and die by my calendar. It wasn't always like this. Ten years ago, it was a paper calendar that I dutifully carried around in my purse. even if I didn't really use it consistently. Now, I use a calendar app on my phone. Sometime soon after the kiddo was a born, I quickly realized that I needed to do a better job of scheduling my days. Gone where the carefree days when I would call my hubby and let him know I needed to pull a late night at work. Or the weekends when we just decided to stay in bed until 1pm catching up on sleep and other things. The lobby that I DIDN'T wait in. As I geared up to return to work, the reality of work obligations, family needs, and laundry was all setting in. I also realized that the "mommy brain" thing people tell you about is real. In a panic, I went about organizing my entire life (LOL)! I planned a few day's worth of crock pot meals, ran every errand I'd put off for 5 months, ...