@ramarama
Another single parent here - and yes, I think it's related to that. Sunday feels like a day for lazing with a partner, not a(nother) day where you have to entertain the kids on your own.
Also not helped by not having family nearby, feels like others are all seeing friends or family on a Sunday
Yes, this. Well described and I identify with it.
Something about needing to have a certain level of chores done to stave off anxiety and feel somehow more in control of everything, as living through pandemic felt like losing control of so many things and at times as a single parent feeling terrified of getting ill, constantly thinking i have to keep up with this, this and this in case I get ill.
Have more than fourteen days food supply in, just in case, tins, face masks, sanitiser, just in case.
And I'm not over the top about cleanliness either, just that feeling of panic if I don't feel 'on top of things'.
Perhaps I just need to reframe it. I do try. Along the lines of if my livng space is okay and welcoming and clean then that is self care in itself.
Yes, and that friends and family thing on a Sunday.
I used to attend a place of worship, but remember feeling as if it was one of many chores I had to do. And I felt let down by them in the pandemic as I was still down as being a member which I had been for more than a decade. And no one checked to see if I was okay.
I know I could have contacted people, but I was so caught up with managing home schooling and getting DD through G.C.S.E year, it was all I could do to keep up with that and I felt I didn't have anything left for gatherings anyway.
I do try to do a gratitude list in my head. Don't always get there.
Also I dislike the 'make time for yourself have a bubble bath' thing. As sometimes that seems like work. Having a right old moan here...