Comments on: Tranquility by Tuesday: Finding exercise time and couple time as the kids get older https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/11/tranquility-by-tuesday-finding-exercise-time-and-couple-time-as-the-kids-get-older/ Writer, Author, Speaker Thu, 07 Nov 2019 15:17:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/11/tranquility-by-tuesday-finding-exercise-time-and-couple-time-as-the-kids-get-older/#comment-93828 Thu, 07 Nov 2019 15:17:37 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17405#comment-93828 In reply to Maggie.

@Maggie – here’s to making do! And exercising three times a week is great. If everyone did that, the world would be a better place 🙂

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/11/tranquility-by-tuesday-finding-exercise-time-and-couple-time-as-the-kids-get-older/#comment-93827 Thu, 07 Nov 2019 15:16:10 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17405#comment-93827 In reply to Lori C.

@Lori C- glad you’re liking them! Despite the name, I’m generally running these on Wednesday, and will do so for the next few weeks at least.

]]> By: Johanna Vien https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/11/tranquility-by-tuesday-finding-exercise-time-and-couple-time-as-the-kids-get-older/#comment-93820 Thu, 07 Nov 2019 14:09:53 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17405#comment-93820 I really love these posts! Are you still taking volunteers for time make overs? I would love to be involved!

]]> By: Maggie https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/11/tranquility-by-tuesday-finding-exercise-time-and-couple-time-as-the-kids-get-older/#comment-93741 Thu, 07 Nov 2019 03:28:49 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17405#comment-93741 I’ll echo the others that love these posts. They’ve helped me focus on finding time to exercise, which I’d been saying since the baby was born was a priority but I wasn’t actually doing. When today’s exercise plans fell through (weightlifting at the gym), I found a substitute (pilates at home for half an hour, baby hanging out beside me, drooling on my mat). Not the epic workout I’d planned, but it was the second this week. One more by Saturday and I’ll have three!

]]> By: Lori C https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/11/tranquility-by-tuesday-finding-exercise-time-and-couple-time-as-the-kids-get-older/#comment-93693 Wed, 06 Nov 2019 20:36:04 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17405#comment-93693 I love these posts, i keep checking back at your site to see if there are new Tranquility by Tuesday posts! You always come up with such a fresh perspective and creative ideas of how to “make time”

]]> By: Jen https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/11/tranquility-by-tuesday-finding-exercise-time-and-couple-time-as-the-kids-get-older/#comment-93690 Wed, 06 Nov 2019 20:14:58 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17405#comment-93690 I love these!

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/11/tranquility-by-tuesday-finding-exercise-time-and-couple-time-as-the-kids-get-older/#comment-93672 Wed, 06 Nov 2019 18:27:07 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17405#comment-93672 In reply to Christine.

@Christine – it is definitely a mind-set shift. My older boys will definitely stay up later than me, easy. But they are also perfectly capable of fending for themselves so it’s fine for me to grab time to myself or to shut the door and have an adult conversation with my husband even if they’re awake. Likewise, Leah had been in the mindset that she needed to exercise early, when she had coverage for the kids, but that’s not actually true once they’re old enough!

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/11/tranquility-by-tuesday-finding-exercise-time-and-couple-time-as-the-kids-get-older/#comment-93670 Wed, 06 Nov 2019 18:25:22 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17405#comment-93670 In reply to Gillian.

@Gillian – aw, thank you! I am going to keep them coming. There’s more where this came from!

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/11/tranquility-by-tuesday-finding-exercise-time-and-couple-time-as-the-kids-get-older/#comment-93669 Wed, 06 Nov 2019 18:25:02 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17405#comment-93669 In reply to Kate.

@Kate – if you exercise 3 times a week, it’s a habit! Maybe start by going 1-2 times a week, and doing something else on another day (there are a lot of online barre-type workouts if you wanted to do something at home). Getting up one morning a week for a barre class will feel fairly doable. Whereas daily, not so much….

]]> By: Christine https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/11/tranquility-by-tuesday-finding-exercise-time-and-couple-time-as-the-kids-get-older/#comment-93656 Wed, 06 Nov 2019 16:18:03 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17405#comment-93656 ]]> I love that you addressed the challenge of lack of evening time together once kid bedtimes = your bedtimes. When they were really little I kept thinking we’d have more time once they got older so this came as a surprise which made it even harder. As ours have entered the teen years and want to just hang out in their rooms alone sometimes we try to be intentional about our time together when we realize they’ve both ditched us. 😊

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