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I am a stay-at-home mom to two small children. I am getting my feet under me after the baby years and trying to focus on myself a little bit. It’s hard to prioritize yourself, but I am learning.

1. Keeping my kitchen island clear. When my kitchen island is clear, my brain is clear. It’s that simple. Kendra Adachi wants us to be geniuses about the things that matter and lazy about the things that don’t. The best part, we get to decide what matters to us. A clear kitchen island matters to me. The rest of the kitchen could look like a dumpster fire, but if the island is clear my brain is clear. It’s crazy how linked they are. Her new book The Lazy Genius Kitchen has so much great information about navigating your kitchen. She also has a podcast if you want to check that out “The Lazy Genius”.

2. Capsule wardrobes: After babies, spending two years basically as home, and turning 40, I have had a hard time dressing myself lately. I don’t even recognize my body anymore much less know what my “style” is. So using a capsule wardrobe has helped me try to figure out what looks and feels good on me now while not breaking the bank.

3. My new alarm clock. Not a morning person. Hate alarms, hate waking up, hate it all. This alarm clock is glorious. It gently brightens like the sun and has the most soothing sounds to wake up to. It makes waking up less terrible.

4. Being creative. For the past seven years, I have been trying to get pregnant, pregnant or nursing. My creative energy was singularly focused on creating, growing and sustaining life-which is HUGE. But I also realized that I missed being creative in other ways. Especially writing. I’m trying to be better about allowing myself time and space to create.

5. Funniest tweets from parents/women this week. I don’t have Twitter because I am already overwhelmed by the amount of information I have access at any given moment that another avenue for information is too much, but there are some really funny people out there. I like the weekly round-up of funniest tweets by parents and women each week from Huffington Post. They are usually pretty funny and spot on, but also a limited amount of information to consume.

6. Playing tennis. I grew up playing tennis and loved it. I took a long time away after high school, but started back about seven years ago. It has been a wonderful outlet with small children. Since I did it when I was young, I feel like me (and a younger version of me) on the tennis court. It’s great exercise and the time with other ladies is a good social outlet.

- LM