I have no idea why I was thinking about this, but I started thinking about the things that have changed about me as I have grown older. I used to really want to be "different" from everyone else. To the point that I would seek out the road less traveled, the song that people didn't like, the thing that other people didn't want. All the time I was seeking the "odd", I secretly really loved all the trendy, "cheesy" things...like New Kids on the block, the spice girls, reality tv shows, the billboard top 100 songs. I was a "closet" normal person. LOL I kept it to myself and in fact would vocally reject the things I secretly loved. Isn't it strange how when you are younger you have a hard time accepting yourself?
So, I have come to realize that I am the person that I am. I love "cheesy" love songs, I love reality tv, I love boy bands and britney spears and madonna, I am love SUVs, I am fairly normal as much as it pains the secret part of me that wants to be "different", I am sort of normal. and that is ok.
More randomness...My daughter is driving me crazy because she takes forever in the morning to get out of bed, to get dressed everything, I have to bug her, yell at her, threaten her to get her to get going and to get her clothes on and honestly, it is tiring and I am done with it. She makes me late to work because of all of the crap I have to go through to get her going in the morning. HELP! Seriously, someone give me ideas, I can't take it. So if anyone in blogland is reading this, please reply with some advice!!!!
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Love your post! I have spent most of my adult life trying very hard to be "normal" because I didn't feel normal as a child! But regardless of how we view ourselves we each have our own uniqueness which is what makes people so interesting.
As for advice with motivating your daughter my experience is with 7-9 year olds and my son who is two. But what worked for me with all of them is giving choices. This is mostly to avoid a power struggle and a fit. So he can let me change his diaper or stand in his corner. Perhaps giving her some choices or some control/power over her situations. And are there some natural consequences that she could suffer because of her behavior? Like a tardy slip if she's late for school? Could your boss call her and complain about how she makes you late for work?? Or could she earn something for getting herself together so many days out of the week? For instance if she gets up and gets ready and you are out the door on time 3 days a week she can pick whatever she wants for dinner on Saturday. And then increase it to all the days of the week. Just some thoughts...
I came over from the 2peas website and I had to comment on your post.
Great post and I love your honesty. Being normal is just perfectly normal as a matter of fact, I wish I was a little more on the normal side but that wouldn't be me now would it? I try to accept who I am with my flaws and all and who cares if you love cheesy songs, when deep inside everyone loves them anyway (including me lol)
I wish you luck with your daughter, I don't know how old she is so I have no advice, except hang in there and thing that in no time at all she'll be all grown up and you'll wonder how in the world did she get so big so fast.
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