What I miss most about my old life
I don't regret leaving but man I miss the simple stuff. I miss not having to plan my entire life around pickup schedules. I miss my kids being in one house. I miss sleeping past 6am on my off days without worrying about being ready for pickup. I miss my family dinner time being just natural instead of coordinated. New life is better for everyone long term but the trade off is real and sometimes it hits harder than I expect.
What specific stuff do you miss most? Sometimes I find ways to get little bits of that freedom back even with the scheduling complexity.
I get this. The tradeoff for me is that I'm way more present and intentional with my kids now than I would've been before. The structure forces you to be better about it sometimes.