The person I would love to be has a tidy, homely house that is visitor-ready at all times and is really inviting to guests - somewhere people actively want to spend time. She's also incredibly organised and plans fun activities for her kids on the days when everyone is around (rather than just plonking them in front of the telly). She also cooks them nutritious meals from scratch on a regular basis.
She's not afraid to invite potential new friends over for playdates and coffees and as such has lots of mates. She has a nice put-together wardrobe of clothes that look good.
Instead, my home is often untidy, I look scruffy and I'm incredibly disorganised - I've tried online and paper diaries but never manage to keep them up. I feel like a headless chicken just crashing from one day into the next. I'm always having to pop to the supermarket at annoying times because I haven't done an adequate food shop and we run out of stuff.
When we do get a free day as a family I hardly ever make the most of it because I don't have the energy. I don't feel I have many friends because I worry that people will think I'm desperate if I invite them over when we've only met a few times.
If anyone is like the first person I described, please can you let me know your secrets? Thank you!