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I love the idea of choosing to do things that bring you joy. My son is three and one of our sayings is "This is how we do it in our family." Not better or worse than other families, just how we do it. I hope that sticks. He doesn't go to school yet but my plan for things like school holidays before he is old enough to do the stuff himself is to have the whole family (husband, son, and me) sit and do it together. That way my son sees the amount of time it takes to do this stuff and he also sees that it's not just mom doing it. Again, that's how we do it in our house, hopefully!

I just got a new phone and did not install Instagram on it and it feels great! I do not miss seeing social media moms one bit.

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I love this idea Alycia!! I want to try this for the next holiday craft — family event ❤️ (I’m also not sure my husband fully understands how long these things take…) And no Instagram comparison probably feels very freeing!

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Your therapist is wise. We do not do the fancy goodies bags--just the simple store bought cards, so far my kids really enjoy what they get from other people but they have never been upset about what they gave. Do it if it makes you happy, if not, it will be okay!

I did buy a 10$ heart garland from Target this year, it did feel like I upped my game :)

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Anything from Target sparks joy for me 😍 Love your perspective on the store bought! Kids don’t even realize the mental hoops we jump through on this stuff 😂🙃

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