{"id":9267,"date":"2017-10-23T21:26:53","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T04:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/?p=9267"},"modified":"2019-08-13T22:47:13","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T05:47:13","slug":"3-ways-effortless-treasure-hunt-made-better-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/3-ways-effortless-treasure-hunt-made-better-mother\/","title":{"rendered":"3 ways an effortless treasure hunt made me a better mother"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Over the weekend we treasure hunted.
\nIt’s been on our #parrishfambucketlist for forever.
\nBut this time it was different.
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1. CHECK THE CLOCK AT THE DOOR:<\/strong>
\nWe set aside 2 hours. (obviously didn’t tell them that) + turned off distraction.
\nTurned off work.
\nTurned off the life that they don’t really even know exists?
\nIsn’t that a mind blowing\u00a0thought?
\nWe\u00a0let\u00a0the boys make\u00a0allll the rules.
\nJonah has been putting together letters to make words at school,\u00a0so believe me when I tell you watching him\u00a0make the treasure map that WE ACTUALLY FOLLOWED, was absolutely priceless. I cried a few times. Surprised?
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2. SOCIAL MEDIA CAN KISS IT:<\/strong> I often think social media is ruining<\/em> all of us. Damaging many of our relationships. Or maybe I should step back + speak for myself. Where are our intentions? I want to remember everyyy detail of my kids lives, but is that just a lame excuse masked behind “intention” or do I really mean it? Life is often different in my journal, so is this how I realllllly feel when I snap 89 photos of the same scene?! #heartdrop NOTE TO SELF: Actions speak louder than words. Especially to kids<\/strong>.
\nMoments like these remind me that I gotta shape up. I went to a lunch meeting with with Mel Robbins (author of 5 second rule<\/a>) a few weeks back\u00a0 +\u00a0 when she flat out told us to\u00a0 STOP TAKING NOTES if we really wanted to start learning – – –\u00a0 I was like whoaaaa. You’re on to something woman. Our scavenger hunt went undocumented on social media. ON PURPOSE. I didn’t take any phone pictures. I was trying some new settings on my camera because the lighting was unique, but doing it without the intention of posting kept my intentions right where they needed to be.\u00a0Being\u00a0fully sincerely present is a rare gift now days. To ourselves. To our loved ones. To anyone we genuinely care about. Would you agree?\"\"\"\"\"\"<\/p>\n

Honestly, we didn’t make it far.\u00a0I think that was\u00a0the best part. Had I been in charge we wouldn’t have been on the same block for longer than 15 minutes. A genuine reminder to SLOW IT THE CRAP DOWN, GP. <\/strong>Which is the 3rd reason\u00a0this simple treasure hunt changed my life. I swear to you these boys in my life teach me waaay more than I’ll ever manage to teach them.\u00a0
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