Saturday, June 4, 2011

Creating a Positive Emotional Environment ...

... is apparently easier said than done, especially when you have two small children at home and summer vacation has just begun. It's 11:00 a.m. ... I'm a late sleeper .... coffee please.
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Okay, coffee break's over , let's begin
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I think I would be speaking for most mothers when I say that my home is where I spend the majority of my time.  Since I, as the mother and the wife, am the heart of the family so to speak it is my responsibility to ensure that, first and foremost, I am happy and comfortable in the home environment. I mean, we all know if Mother is not happy ... no one is happy. Therefore, I know that my home needs to essentially be the ideal environment not only for my family, but for myself. Someplace I can thrive in, relax in, and feel absolutely one hundred percent comfortable in.  So, I spent the day yesterday rolling this notion around my head and I realized that in order to begin creating the prime emotional environment for my family and I,  I needed to ask myself two questions.

1.) What kind of person am I? This is not the easiest question to answer. Mostly because a person never really knows how they look through anyone else's eyes, and if you ask you are more than likely going to recieve a generic answer that doesn't include the whole truth and nothing but the truth. So, instead of asking others what kind of person they think I am ... I figured ... I'm doing this project for ME so I will answer the question MYSELF.

Well, apparently Myself did not want to delve too deep into those waters just yet, so for the sake of creating a positive emotion climate .. which is what I am working on ... I came up with this.
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I am creative, easily stressed and quick to anger, clean (most of the time), and sometimes lazy. Simple right? Well, I know that there is much more to me than just that ... but I will keep it gradeschool for now.
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2.) What type of environment do I enjoy and thrive in? This one is easy. I thrive in environments that are calm, quiet, clean, and organized. Easy enough. And then I look around my house. Crying children, clutter, dirty dishes still in the sink, nowhere to put anything (especially since we just moved into a smaller house), and the list goes on. Bottom line ... this is not the ideal environment for me ... or anyone else to thrive in ... or even be comfortable in. I must ensue a POA.
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And so begins ... Operation CAPE (Create A Positive Emotional Environment).
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To Be Continued ...

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