Bad habits die hard

I thought I’d put a twist on this. I texted my husband earlier today and asked him what my bad habits were. He labeled them top 5 then gave me a top 10. I chose the top 5 and one from the last 5 to share with you. It seems that we do see eye to eye on some things. 🙂

From my husband:

1. Stressing over things you CANNOT control.

1. Doing social media during family time or while on dates.

1. Cracking your knuckles and back.

1. Cursing around your kids.

1. Leaving your coffee cup in the car.

1. Being strictly bound to a schedule.

My POV:

1. Stressing – in general. Okay, I’m a major control freak and I stress about a lot of things. I stress about things that are clearly out of my control and it makes me a basket case! Ugh. It’s in my nature and I want to fix everything in a timely fashion. Stressing is my MO. Thank goodness for my husband’s big heart and shit ton of patience, he’s able to put me in check– most of the time.

1. Instagram – I can’t quit it. I’ve tried time and time again to take breaks by disabling my accounts but I don’t last longer than a few days. I don’t know what is so satisfying about the mundane scrolling but I just can’t. I don’t compare myself or family to others but I am super nosey and like to just see what is going on. I’ve also started to use IG for a search engine.. So I’m just screwed. It’s become such an addiction, it’s one of my first checks in the morning and last before I go to bed.

1. Cursing all the time. I’ve had the worst mouth. I mean I was the girl that wore a Fucker hat to Disneyland when I was 16 on a family trip. (Gosh, I was the worst and also, where is that hat???) I can’t even control what comes out of my mouth as a result, my kids have the worst language. Zoe is the one who tries to keep me in line while Travis is dropping F-bombs and Nat either joins or eye rolls me.

1. Cracking my knuckles, toes, hips, back, neck… Whatever can pop, I’ll do it. I can remember when I first started. My Dad used to crack his knuckles, but since then has stopped, but I was so fascinated by the popping sound. I later found out what a relief it was to have everything just pop. I sure do miss sitting in desks at school and being able to push back against the chair and crack my back. I’ve watched a ton of YouTube videos of the best back cracks and every night Zoe walks on my back. 🙂

Somethings I swear I’ll never change but I could work on a few. What can I say, bad habits die hard.