Pieces of Advice that you can follow if you are a mother by a WSIF member:

1. I followed productive motherhood posts and started maintaining a diary/journal. A to-do list and a track of my day. It added a great rhythm to my day and I started having more “me time” than ever before. I started doing stuff that I have always wanted to do but couldn’t make time for. Like baking, reading, memorizing, watching videos of my interests.

2. I saw Lilly sings video about the vision board and made one for myself

.3. I started following some you tubers who are homemakers, mom of 4,5,6 children, and also pursuing some kind of business. One of them is an author, one is a painter and some more. I tried to incorporate the tips of managing everything together in my daily routine.

4. I homeschool my child. So I watch a lot of homeschooling videos. They gave me amazing ideas to teach my child. I learn and make creative learning activities for my 3-year-old and I can’t describe how much we enjoy this quality time. This is a great way to teach children, make memories with them, and to create an impact on their future life. You are passing the golden age of your child’s life. (First 5 years) . Your smiley, productive, active, cheerful attitude can make a great foundation and example for your child. Please remember “Children listen with their eyes”

5. I kept strict control over my screen time: • I don’t use face book for more than half an hour most of the day. • I have checklisted 4 videos on 4 different topics of my interest and strictly keep within these 4 and not more than that.There are many more tips and tricks that I have followed. But the bottom line is boredom, boring routine has been a blessing for me to allow me a lot of time to think about myself. I realized how much I need to improve myself as a person.

I am a medical graduate and did a master’s in geriatric welfare from Dhaka university. And all my life I have touched all the milestones of education and career that society gave me in the right time . But somewhere down the line, I found out that I didn’t pay attention to myself for growing as a person, for making good personal habits, for being good citizen for unlearning the things that I don’t want to pass on to my children. So, having my first baby I took a conscious decision to take a long pause and be with my children in their golden age to create an impact. It gave me so much time to improve myself for the better and now I don’t wait for an adventure to come. I create an adventure, challenges for myself! Every tick mark in my wish list, goal list make me motivated to go for the next.

Written by Dr. Rhedeya Nury Nodi

Member of WSIF