Ça faisait un moment que je n’étais pas revenue par ici ! Et pourtant, qu’est-ce que mon blog me manque. Ce n’est pas faute de vous dire régulièrement sur Instagram que je vais revenir écrire sur celui-ci, mais je ne trouve pas le temps. En toute sincérité, j’ai l’impression de n’avoir le temps de rien.
Je suis dans une phase plutôt frustrante, avec mille et une envies de créer, de projeter, de faire, mais j’ai l’impression qu’actuellement mon quotidien ne se résume qu’à régler des faits.
Initialement, avant même d’être maman, j’étais ce genre de personne qui aimait que tout soit sous contrôle. Je ne laissais jamais la place à l’imprévu, et j’anticipais absolument tout. Alors effectivement, je manquais déjà de temps. Mais à ce point là ? Je ne sais pas si c’est une mauvaise organisation de ma part, ou justement trop d’organisation. J’ai le sentiment, et surtout depuis que je suis maman, d’être un chef de tribu qui doit réagir à temps pour que tout tourne correctement : mon travail, la maison, la petite, ma vie de couple, mes projets persos etc…
Quelque chose qui me terrifie, serait de passer en quelque sorte à côté de ma vie. À côté des choses qui me stimulent véritablement. Je ne suis pas malheureuse, loin de là. Mon quotidien est plutôt excitant, mais il y a tant de domaines dans lesquels j’aimerais me diriger, et je ne trouve pas le temps. Pour vous donner un exemple très concret, ma mère a bossé comme une folle toute sa vie, pour que tout soit impeccable, que ce soit à la maison, dans notre scolarité, au sein de ces sociétés, bref elle aimait quand ça tournait carré car elle ne pouvait pas s’endormir le soir sans que toutes les situations bloquées soit déverrouillées.
Ma mère commençait seulement à profiter véritablement des choses qu’elle appréciait, véritablement.
Peu avant son décès (il y a deux ans et demi), elle a enfin décidé de fermer ses sociétés, et de s’installer à mi-temps au Maroc pour pouvoir se reposer un peu, voyager quand bon lui semblait, profiter de ses amis, de ses enfants qui maintenant étaient indépendants financièrement. Malheureusement le cancer est venu taper à sa porte très peu de temps après, ce que je trouve très injuste mais “c’est la vie”. Il aura fallu attendre toutes ces années pour qu’enfin elle décide de lever le pied, pour finalement être rattrapée par une maladie mortelle…
La fameuse charge mentale dont tout le monde parle, j’ai entendu ce terme pour la première fois lorsque j’ai accouché de ma fille. Et j’ai bien l’impression d’être en plein dedans. Et j’ai l’impression qu’il n’y a pas véritablement d’issue à tout ça. Car même si on me recommande un livre à lire, une séance de méditation à faire, ou un coach à consulter, j’ai le sentiment que c’est encore une nouvelle tâche que je vais devoir m’infliger pour encore une fois régler un souci…
En attendant, j’ai fait appel à une assistante à distance avec laquelle je fais un essai afin de voir si véritablement cela pourra me soulager et me laisser plus de temps libre. À moi, à ma famille. C’est déjà un vrai pas pour moi qui ai beaucoup de difficulté à déléguer.
J’ai aussi envie de revenir à l’écriture, car avant même d’avoir un blog, j’écrivais énormément ce qui permettait de décharger tout ce que j’avais dans un coin de ma tête. J’ai repris rendez-vous avec un psy ici (vous savez que j’adore effectuer des thérapies, même si je vais bien, j’ai l’impression que j’en apprends encore plus sur moi et ça me permet d’appréhender les autres un peu mieux).
Matthieu s’en va à Paris toute cette semaine, je pense que nous avons également besoin de prendre un peu de distance l’un avec l’autre. Nous sommes un couple certes, Mets deux entités très indépendantes l’une de l’autre, et c’est vrai que depuis ce premier confinement en mars 2020, nous n’avons pas vraiment été éloignés. Ça peut sembler bizarre, mais c’est ce dont nous avons besoin pour mieux fonctionner à deux. Je pense que cela va me faire également du bien de me retrouver seule avec Azel, ce sont des moments véritablement privilégiés.
Je ferai de mon mieux pour continuer à disséminer mes pensées par ici, j’aimerais retrouver plus ou moins la cadence de mes débuts sur le blog (2008, les vrais savent), même si l’article doit faire quatre lignes, un peu comme un rendez-vous entre vous et moi, mais dont les écrits restent.
À très vite (j’espère !)
It’s been a while since I’ve been on here! And yet, my goodness how I’ve missed my blog. It’s not for lack of wanting to say to you on Instagram that I’m going to come back and write on it, but I can’t find the time. In all transparency, I don’t feel like I have time for anything. I’m in a phase that’s rather frustrating, with a thousand and one desires to create, to project myself, but I have the feeling that my daily life is all encompassing.
Initially, before becoming a mother, I was the type of person that loved to have everything under control. I never left anything to chance, and I anticipated absolutely everything. So effectively, I was already short on time. But to such an extent?
I don’t know if it’s bad organisation on my part, or just too much organisation. I have the feeling, especially since becoming a mother, to be the chief of a tribe that has to react on time so that everything functions correctly : my work, the home, the little one, my couple, my personal projects etc.
Oh how I would love to be able to ask my mother how she succeeded to manage three children being single, with two businesses. My life is sweet, I live between two countries, notably in a house in the sun, something that I have always dreamed of. I’ve got an easy baby that’s in good health, that sleeps through the night (even if she wakes up far too early and I dream of sleeping in), a family, friends, but there’s a little thing inside of me that is constantly stirring and means that I never feel completely satisfied.
And frankly I’m sick of it. I have said a lot on the topic to my entourage, and they have advised me on many occasions to learn to let go. If something doesn’t pan out as planned, it doesn’t matter, I’ll pick myself up again. So admittedly, of course things will be fine. Nevertheless, who is going to pick up the broken pieces if something doesn’t go as planned? It’s me. And I will lose even more time.
In fact, I’m searching for ways to lift my spirits as much as possible regarding tedious tasks and yet so communal, that are related to the home or a business. And as soon as I see the end of those tedious tasks and I envisage to move on to tasks that i like, that use my intellect, that reunite me with my family and friends, those that have a notion of pleasure, I am once again caught up in « necessary » tasks.
So some people ask me why I don’t rely more on my man. Because on that matter, I can’t. Not because I don’t want to, but because all of these tasks, that’s not his thing. I am gifted at administration, at finding a nanny, at being in contact with the crèche if needed, organising our free time, at managing the household and more. Whilst Matthieu is gifted at other things.
In short, it’s an oppressing feeling where I have the impression of being the « saver » in all these situations, but equally this person endlessly running left to right chasing time and who isn’t able to see projects to the end that she would like to be able to personally. I envy these women that, I don’t know how, manage to juggle effortlessly in their life as a mother, in their careers, in their personal projects…
Something that terrifies me, in a way would be to let my life pass me by. To pass by things that truly stimulate me. I am not unhappy, far from it. My daily life is rather exciting, but there are so many fields I would like to head into, and I can’t find the time. To give you a very concrete example, my mother worked like crazy all her life, so that everything was impeccable, whether it be at home, in our schooling, at the heart of her companies, in brief, she loved when everything ran smoothly as she couldn’t sleep at night without having remedied stuck situations.
My mother was only beginning to truly enjoy things that she loved at her core.
A little before she passed (two and half years ago), she finally decided to close her companies, to move to Morocco part-time to be able to rest a bit, to travel when she felt like it, enjoy time with friends and her children now that they’re financially indépendant.
Unfortunately, cancer came knocking at her door shortly after, and that’s what I find incredibly unfair but « that’s life ». It took waiting all those years for her to at last decide to take a back seat , to finally have a fatal illness catch up with her.
I realise that what I’m writing isn’t very joyous, but near the end of my 35th year, I don’t have to do an assessment to know where I want to go. Since my mother left us, I have constantly been thinking about the direction I want to take. Where do I want to live? How do I want to raise my child?
In what environment? How can I satisfy my relationship with my partner with all of these conditions? I feel like I am someone who is eternally unsatisfied. But in the end, is there a part of me that wouldn’t be satisfied with being permanently unsatisfied. Is this something that is related to motherhood. Or due to the loss of a dear one? Or simply due to being in my thirties?
Sometimes, I would simply like to return to the time when I was in my twenties, I lived with my mother, with the impression of having all my life ahead of me to be able to fail and try again.
Today, I’m not pretending to be at the end of my journey, but in addition to my mouth to feed, I’ve got that of my baby. And evidently, all the things that I undertake are thought of in my daughter’s favour, and potentially my future child or children, if I have them.
I don’t know how to rediscover the carefree spirit that I had during those years. I feel like I was there three years ago, when I was focusing on personal development. But I had more time, once again. More time to open a book, to read it, and to apply what came out of it.
The other night, I started a book « The subtle art of not giving a fuck » by Mark Manson. It’s absolutely what I need. I only read two chapters, and in all honesty, I don’t even know if I’ll be able to finish it. I’m getting back into sport too after months of not being able to do any as I was too busy with our move. But also… It’s not like the time when I went to the gym, with AirPods screwed into my ears, and I let off steam for 45 minutes before going to pick up a hot takeaway drink and walking back to mine.
I do sport now because I HAVE TO lose pregnancy weight and because I HAVE TO go back to the health practices that I had beforehand. These « I have to’s », I impose them on myself as even if they can be annoying, in the long term, they will be beneficial. But I can’t find the pleasure in it that I once had. So once more, is it my legendary impatience that is playing tricks on me and not giving the opportunity for my new habits to be put in place in this new life of mine?
Tonight, I’m joining my girlfriends for dinner, and once again, even though I’m very happy to see them again, I have the feeling of not accomplishing all of my missions of the day. I’m making my way there with a knot in my stomach, knowing that tomorrow, it will once again be a race against time. And cancelling my dinner? I’ve thought about it. But I don’t want to get into that spiral. It’s a dinner, a time to relax, I think I deserve it!
The famous mental load that everyone is talking about. I had heard this term for the first time when I gave birth to my daughter. And I feel as though I am experiencing it fully. And I feel that there isn’t really an outcome for this. As even if people recommend a book for me to read, a meditation session to do, or a coach to consult, I have the feeling that it’s again another new task that I’m going to have to inflict on myself to once again resolve an issue…
In the meanwhile, I have contacted a remote assistant with which I’m doing a trial to see if this could truly lighten my load and give me more free time. For me, and for my family. It’s already a big step for me as I have a lot of difficulty delegating.
I also want to get back to writing, I used to write a lot which allowed me to unload everything I had in the corner of my mind.
I’ve reorganized appointments with a psychologist here (you know that I love to go to therapy, even if I’m feeling good as I feel that I learn more about myself and it allows me to get others a bit better).
Matthieu is going to Paris for the whole week. I think we also need to have a little distance from one another. We are a couple admittedly, but we are two very independent entities, and it’s true that since the first confinement in March 2020, we haven’t really been apart. It may sound strange, but it’s what we need to better function together.
I think it will also do me some good to spend time alone with Azel, as those moments are so precious.
I will do my best to continue to collect my thoughts over here. I would like to write at more or less at the rate i had the beginning of my blog (2008, the originals know), even if the article is only four lines, a bit like an appointment between you and I, but of which the writings will remain.
See you very soon (I hope!)
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