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title: "When parenting exhausts you try these lives hacks"
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date: 2019-02-16
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description: "Like any job, parenting is not a job but it needs you 100%. Every parent is different and every parenting style is unique. One common thing is that it exhausts..."
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# When parenting exhausts you try these lives hacks

Like any job, parenting is not a job but it needs you 100%. Every parent is different and every parenting style is unique. One common thing is that it exhausts you at many levels. As much as it is loving and fulfilling, it is also draining. You find yourself on the other side of the family, all alone and criticised. How do you relax? Try some of these life hacks and see if they work for you.

## Why parenting exhausts

Let's discuss various factors. Children are very unpredictable. They make you cry as much as they make you laugh. The main reason is their behaviour that hurts. Siblings argue with each other no matter what their age is. And the biggest irritation is that **your voice goes unheard.** This will never stop and I will be a parent always. So how do I deal with such situations and maintain peace?

## Ask my God, why am I here?

I close my eyes and sit quietly for some time in search of a place where I don't hear these arguments. But is there such a place? Not at all. Still, I try to concentrate and ask my God, Why am I here? Why do I exist? And you won't believe, I get answers in some form. You just need to listen.

In one such case, I came out in the lobby and started watching TV. A scene from the movie Viraasat caught my attention. Amrish Puri had returned from the fields, all furious as he had shouted too much. Back home, he was still angry when three little girls came to him and sang a sweet song. Amrish Puri forgot his tension and smiled at them. The girls went away and Amrish slept peacefully. Although he was dead the next moment, he had a peaceful death. He was saved from suffering.

It instantly clicked with me that kids make you laugh even in times of misery. No one other than children has this capability of turning sad moments into smiling ones. And then I felt better and went back to my lifelines.

![Every parenting is exhausting but when you try these lives hacks you love life again #motherhood](https://thoughtsbygeethica.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/parenting-hacks-you-these-lives-hacks.jpg)

## Stop giving instructions

I have understood that when kids argue, it is better to be quiet. There is no point in becoming a referee. They will stop on their own and will be happy playing together the next minute. In fact, if you intervene and shout at them, you feel bad later.

## When parenting exhausts, go shopping

This brings peace and happiness to many mothers and I am no different. I actually enjoy going alone to either a bookshop or a coffee shop. Even a stationary shop gives you so much pleasure. I like to sit quietly watching the world chasing their dreams. I become calm and go back home.

## Flip away old memories

Every photograph has a story behind its click. It gives immense pleasure to look at an album and go into that time. **You smile unknowingly and feel content. **Old memories remind us of good habits and time spent together.

Everyone needs a change and mothers need them the most. Life is complete because of kids. Love binds us together and we need each other. Kids teach us so many life lessons and patience is the most important one.