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This lent season I decided to make a commitment to start reading a chapter of a book a night to nourish my inner being.

But mostly I'm planning to really try to eat better and most importantly, start exercising since I plan to TTC in approx 6 months! For me the biggest stressor is my self image!

I get pedicures every couple weeks.
My husband and I work opposite schedules but he's home Saturday mornings until 11am and the salon opens at 9am. It's my one weekly chance to escape solo

I train for and compete in triathlons and I read.

Same as @gingerbebe! I just need some time to go into my introvert hiding zone for a bit each night and that usually makes me feel (semi) refreshed.

I take weekend trips with my daughter to my parents house. Not often, they live 2.5 hours away, but this is a serious recharge time for me. I love to drive and I love to visit my parents. It's a win win for me and them.

Same @gingerbebe, something as simple as watch a show and having a snack recharges me. I need the quiet time to myself.

I run, no fast or for very long, but between 30 min and an hour 3 or 4 times a week - I'm happy with the way my legs are looking and its a great time to be alone with my thoughts. I find that working out in a gym or at home doesn't give me the same escape-it-all feeling.

My physiotherapists office offers remedial massage which I can write off on my private health insurance, so I like to get a 45 or 60 min massage once every two weeks, which doubles as a bit of physio since the therapist knows my trouble spots.

I try to take 20 or 30 min after my son is in bed and after we've eaten dinner to read or talk to a friend on the phone - just me time.

So far thats been enough to keep me sane!

I started reading my favorite literary magazine again (just from the library). I also write and make work and submit it (I am an artist and writer). I also am exhausted at night and DH has been helping with bedtime so I can sleep or lay down (expecting). There are things I look forward to- getting back into a studio, just once a week; making more work outdoors in the coming spring/summer (the kids come along!); volunteering at the hospital; joining a gym with a pool where I can bring the kids. Those won't be for awhile, but I like having them on the horizon. And, maybe grad school once they are in school (kinder starts at 4!)

I go to the gym and play tennis!

This sounds weird, but I go to school! I'm still working, but also beginning a nursing degree. I'm so damn excited about life now, and I feel so much clarity about what I want out of life. DH stays with LO so I can take classes, study, go to labs, etc. Even though the classes and tests kick my butt, being back in school makes me feel awesome.

I workout three times a week, I relax after my kids are in bed, I go out on dates with my husband twice a month and I go out with friends once a month.

@daniellemybelle: I know it's hard to let go of family time on the weekends, but for me it was the only way to get my time to myself. DH works long hours and so I was essentially on my own through the week with a very active LO...and I used to have serious FOMO when they would do stuff on the weekends - so I'd go too!! But eventually realised I was t giving enough time to me. I have recently moved closer to family so it's helping, but I still need to work to carve out the weekend time for gym, friends, reading and pottering (sans toddler). Good luck! It's so important, yet so hard to do sometimes!