It’s 2:17 PM.

Your coffee is cold. Again. There’s a small crushed constellation of goldfish crackers on the counter that you are pretending not to see. Someone is asking you how to spell “because” like it personally betrayed them. Your planner is open to a beautifully color coded schedule that now feels like fiction.

And you’re fine.

You’re always fine.

You run on cold coffee, crumbs, and a mild delusion that this is sustainable.

I say that with love, Reader. And a raised eyebrow.

Because the humor is real. It’s how we (or I?) cope. It’s how we survive homeschool days in and days out without dissolving into a puddle on the kitchen tile.

But underneath the joke is something quieter.

It’s the part of you that measures your worth by productivity.
It’s the part that thinks being exhausted is a personality trait.
It’s the part that whispers, “If I were better at this, I wouldn’t feel this behind.”

We normalize burnout like it’s a badge. We call it “season.” We call it “mom life.” We call it “just a busy week.”

What we don’t call it is what it actually is.

Depletion.

And here’s the uncomfortable truth that made me sit up straighter one night:

You can love your kids deeply and still slowly erode yourself in the process.

That doesn’t make you dramatic. It makes you human.

The hidden insecurity isn’t that you’re failing your kids.
It’s that somewhere along the way, you decided your own needs were negotiable.

And we laugh about it because that’s easier than admitting we haven’t heard our own voice in a while.

If you texted me right now and said, “I think I forgot who I was before I was responsible for everyone,” I wouldn’t blink.

I’d text back: “Same. But we’re not staying there.”

That’s why I created the Being Kind To Myself Self Love Journal.​

Not as a fluffy “light a candle and manifest abundance” situation.
Not as a therapy workbook.
Not as a guilt-inducing “fix yourself” project.

And this definitely isn’t a tiny boring prompt book.

It’s a spacious, beautifully laid out journal designed to sit open in front of you like it belongs there. The simple yet effective pages invite you to actually slow down and take inventory of your inner life.

You reflect on what gave you Today. What you need more of. One positive thought. How you were kind to yourself. How you were kind to others. You close with what you’re ready to let go of.

And then you have Space. Journal pages. Not cramped lines. Not rushed thoughts. Space to let it go.

Because the deeper issue behind the crumbs and cold coffee isn’t time management, babe. It’s that you stopped treating your own heart as worthy of tending. 💕

This journal gives you structure without pressure. Reflection without drama. Intentional presence. It restores dignity quietly.

Self-Love Phone Wallpapers

And because I know your phone is easily accessible throughout the day, I included the Self Love Phone Wallpapers as a bonus!

Yup – 27 images you can set as your lock screen.

27 lock screen reminders that interrupt the spiral mid scroll. Half have the affirmations and the other half are blank so you can customize them yourself. You can even customize them using the included Canva links, so the reminder sounds like you (and not like a Pinterest quote from 2013).

And these affirmations are what I coin as "I'm Okay!" reminders, perfect to be paired with the Being Kind To Myself Self-Love Journal.​

These affirmations aren't cheesy. Those would make me hurl my insides out and I'm not a fan of throwing up. (ew.) These affirmations are real reminders. The kind that meet you in the Target parking lot after a long day. The kind that pop up when you instinctively reach for distraction because you feel behind or need some sort of stimuli redirection.

They are not decoration. They are daily recalibration.

You can set them to rotate. You can use the included Canva templates to tweak the wording into something that sounds exactly like you.

They’re pattern interruption.

Because the deeper issue isn’t crumbs or cold coffee. It’s the quiet belief that your value is tied to how smoothly today went. That’s the delusion we’re done with.

👎

If you are ready to stop performing fine and start actually tending to yourself, get your copy of the Being Kind To Myself Self Love Journal with the bonus Self Love Phone Wallpapers here:

And if today feels like too much for a purchase, just open a notebook and answer one question tonight:

How did I show up beautifully today, even if no one noticed?

Then come back when you’re ready.

Cold coffee doesn’t get to define you. You deserve more than survival mode.

Always.

xo,
Richie

PS: If you're a Homeschool MOMentum Club member (aka, a MOMentum Mom), you already have these! Inside your Library. You get unlimited access to everything. What's mine is yours.