How do you relax/unwind? How do you even find the time to?

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I’m a stay at home mama, so basically I’m go go go all day. During nap time I do things that I typically can’t while baby is awake such as prepare/cook dinner or fold laundry (he literally destroys my folded piles all the time 😂). Once he’s in bed I clean the kitchen up after dinner and do whatever else. By the time my husband is ready for bed I’m WIDE AWAKE. 
I literally cannot sleep. I think it’s because I’m go go go all day, that I don’t have time to unwind and time for myself that when I’m in bed I watch tv or stay on my phone for hours. I go to bed fairly late. I don’t sleep well as my husband snores and sometimes my 14 month old wakes up in the middle of the night hungry, so I’m constantly being woken up and tossing and turning. And honestly I have like ocd because if my house is a mess I go crazy!!!! I literally cannot sleep 🤦🏻‍♀️
My son sleeps in until 8-9am. Usually he wakes up around 8:30am. So I’m pretty lucky that way. But I wish I could just find time to do everything I have to do while also having time to unwind so I can go to bed at a decent time and be able to wake up before my son wakes up to get more stuff done. But because I don’t even know how to unwind, I end up staying up late and Then I’m exhausted the next day, and it’s just a whole cycle. 
Sorry for babbling on...
So what do YOU do to unwind? How do you find time to get everything done to even be able to? Any tips? Advice?

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I read, take a bath or shower, go walk my dog, or just sit alone. I find time because my husband put in the effort to be a present parent and tend to our son same as myself

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My baby is only 8 months but he doesn’t really nap well (lasts for 15 minutes) unless I nap with him so I do all of my cleaning/cooking while he is awake and just bring him a long, I basically do the majority of things that need doing before he goes to bed so that when he’s in bed asleep I only really need to spend 20 minutes or so doing a quick tidy up and then it’s ‘me time’ where I either go on my laptop, watch a movie or a show that I wanted to really pay attention to, catch up on what’s been going on in the world on my phone etc etc, that’s really helped me a lot to wind down and actually have some time for myself
also making even a little time for myself during the day, I like to give myself 5 or 10 minutes every so often throughout the day to just sit down and zone out doing something while my baby is next to me playing independently, helps me kind of relax and regain some energy 😂

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mornings and nights are my relaxation times. in the morning i journal and do yoga or sit in the sunroom when i first wake up. i have class from 8 AM - 3 PM most days, then go home to work and then fencing at 8 PM - 10 PM (sometimes cardio barre or yoga at 6 PM - 7 PM or 7 PM to 8 PM) when i get back home i make myself some tea and do everything i need to do (hw, etc). when i'm done i take 30 min to reflect about my day or watch an episode, then head to bed

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I don’t really get much time to relax lol. My husband helps a lot but when he’s watching our daughter I’m cleaning and when he’s cleaning I’m watching our daughter... so 🤷🏻‍♀️ I’m also neurotic about having a pristine house. It’s a necessity for me. I can’t focus when there’s clutter or messes. 
Relaxing nowadays for me is getting to shower by myself. She’s peak separation anxiety right now so I’m hoping once that dies down a little bit I can sign up for some classes at the gym while she’s in their childcare center.

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I don’t have time to unwind. I literally collapse from exhaustion from my job and household duties 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Honestly, not everything HAS to be done ALL THE TIME. Just rest here & there, I promise the world won’t fall apart because of unfinished laundry

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I have 3 kids, they're 9, 5 & 3. I drink when they go to bed. 🤷🏽‍♀️ Not completely wasted obviously but enough to make me sleepy & calm. I clean when they're awake but I definitely don't obsess over my house. I'd lose my mind! I do what I can. 😊

How do you relax/unwind? How do you even find the time to?

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