As a mom of 4 year old triplets, me time is (almost) more valuable then money. So why do i waste it in Facebook land? here's why. The me time comes in spurts. sometimes i have as little as 2 minutes, while I'm waiting for one of my children to use the bathroom. What do you do with 2 minutes? In 2 minutes i can check a tiny corner of the world. I can see what my friends (who aren't waiting for a 4 year old to go potty) are doing. I can see what news stories people are talking about right now - & that is my version of TV news. Yes, when i have a little more then 2 minutes, i may get sucked in, but that's not so often. My latest guilty pleasure is a Facebook group for single parents (a category i have recently fallen in to). It's like a soap opera being played out in real life. I'm just amazed at what people will say on line. Jerry Springer has nothing on some of these folks. & it reminds me of how much i love my life.
So while maybe it is a waste of time, it's my time to waste. These few minutes during potty breaks, the rare times i arrive at preschool early & can sit in my car before going in & retrieving my children, these are MY minutes, & in a (wonderful) life given over to motherhood, those few minutes are often all i have to waste.
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