Is a little chaos actually good for us?
Today’s WP writing prompt – made me laugh as I thought about the exhausting, crazy and chaotic, endless-cycle of Amy’s daily routine in the great and hilarious movie (Bad Moms).
If you’ve never seen it, you should! (Don’t forget to watch A BAD MOMS Christmas) after Bad moms.
Both of them are not movies for kids, so wait until your kids are in bed, and pour youurself a glass of wine. Enjoy!
You definitely have to have a sense of humor and not easily be offended to watch both movies, but I love them. 😁
The amazing actress (Mila Kunis) plays a married mom (Amy). She eventually finds out her husband is enjoying his alone time with an online cam model, and (Amy) kicks him out of their home, as she then has to navigate life as a semi-single mother doing everything on her own, while she’s about to go through a divorce as well.
In the scene where she’s describing her never-ending chaos, she says:
That’s me.
That is totally me, and I’m non-stop on the go – all the time.
Even when I think I can sleep-in or relax, one of my kids tells me there’s something to do, or they have to go somewhere, or something needs to be done.
Chaos should have been my middle name.
Between work, rushing around picking up dinner, getting home to make dinner, getting my little dude ready for Baseball practice or Baseball games, cleaning the house, getting laundry done, paying bills, feeding the animals and making sure they have clean liter, and water, trying to get my daughter into a good EMS/Medic program, filling out applications for her, picking up extra shifts at work, keeping up with family and friends, calls I have to make to people who left me messages, grocery shopping, vet visits, and so many other things…………………………………………………………..
Chaos is totally a thing here.
Did that whole list I wrote out non-stop – make your head spin? It makes mine do loops.
Let’s add on unexpected bills I sometimes get and forget about, jury duty that I’m all of a sudden summoned to, car repairs that need to be done, bed-time routines, waking up early to have at least 30 minutes to myself in silence with a hot cup of coffee I’m probably going to forget about and have to heat up 3 times before I actually get to drink it anyway, and other things I have going on and I’m dealing with – it’s a lot.
It’s a whole lot!
Still, I love being a mom. I love working. I love making money. I love the running around. I love the crazy, wild, chaos.
I can’t say I love unexpected curve balls life throws at me, or the 20 million other things I have to do daily, errands I have to run, or new things that keep popping up that keep me on my toes, but as much as I feel like I’m going to lose my mind – I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Life is crazy chaotic right now, but it keeps me busy, doesn’t let me slack off much, and doesn’t give me time to be down and depressed.
Sometimes, the chaos is so crazy and good – that while I have problems sleeping – there’s some nights my eyes close before my head even hits the pillow because I’m so tired from running around all day and being so busy. There are times I’m so tired, that my sleep problems aren’t an issue and I knock out right on the couch when I sit down to relax for a moment.
So, to answer this question – a little (or, even a lot for some of us) of chaos – IS good for us.
It keeps us busy and keeps our minds off of the things we don’t want to think about.
It helps us sleep at night if we’re so busy, we’re exhausted at the end of the day.
It can actually help keep us focused on the things we really need to get done and prioritize.
Sometimes, chaos can keep us motivated and make us want to do other things we’ve been slacking on.
So, yes – chaos is good for us, and if you have chaos in your life right now, take it as a blessing.
Who wants to be bored all the time, and have NOTHING going on?
So, cheers to Chaos. 🍻I think we all have a little bit inside of us and around us, and it’s a beautiful thing.
🍷Shel🍷