motherhood is boring. that's why it's amazing.

This is a beautiful take on motherhood

Love this. ❤

Yes compassion🥰 thank you for sharing this I didn’t realize I was fighting boredom. I live in an apartment and I don’t have a yard. We explore even the tiniest of spaces by a basketball court but there’s lavendar and rocks and he’ll taste the rock and put it down. And I’m noticing all the little flowers on the lavendar plant. Omg I’m so glad I stumbled into your video. It was the first video that popped up 🧡

your vlogs are perfection

Something i heard that really helped me was when you feel like pulling away, seeking refuge scrolling on your phone, distraction etc. that is the time to lean into motherhood and take a moment to look at your child/children and reconnect. it helps short circuit the overwhelmed feeling because you're not turning to your phone to escape.

I appreciate the take, its beautiful and idealistic. But thats the issue, its idealistic. Many of us work a 9 to 5, tired at the end of the day, and still have to manage chores. Its not the phone, it really is just life.

When I had my daughter in 2002 , phones and social media weren’t as prevalent as they are today so it wasn’t hard to keep off them and I’ve never really had social media anyway as I’m a private person. For me, I never had time to be bored as my daughter kept me on my toes as she was full of energy. We have always had a close bond and had fun together when she was growing up. She didn’t get her first phone until she was 12, but being a Gen Z certainly grew up with digital technology unlike me (none of that in the 70’s). Motherhood is never boring as it’s always an adventure during different stages of their lives. It has enriched my life and made it better and I’m thankful for that every day even though she is a grown adult now.

embracing boredom!
this is the original motherhood, being present with your baby and able to take in all the little things they do.
More people should see this !

Thank you

7 months in and I can’t say I was bored for a single day 😬

Watching this while I am naptrapped for the sixth time today. Socials, videos, movies or series even my book got boring.

this was amazing & such a wonderful watch for a new mom of an almost 8 month old. i noticed my life got better and motherhood got easier the moment I stopped scrolling and researching and reading about motherhood. If I have a question I ask our pediatrician (who is amazing and also has a text messaging platform) and it puts my mind at ease. Also, not this being how I find out that feed to sleep is not something people recommend and it being the way my baby likes to fall asleep. 🙃

Motherhood doesn’t have to be boring.
It’s not the children — it’s the system that isolates mothers, while everyone else is at work or sitting alone in their oversized houses miles away.
Telling mothers they just need to “accept the boredom” is teaching them to silence the last spark of resistance they feel against a system that wants us to be isolated consumers.
When you live in a healthy, connected community — surrounded by other mothers and people of different ages within walking distance — there’s nothing boring about caring for a small child. It becomes life shared, not life confined.

My son is almost one, and I have been thinking/feeling so many of these things over the past year. You articulate all of this so well ❤️🙌

Cannot agree more. Motherhood was the best lesson in mindfulness for me!

I literally googled on Reddit today bored being a sahm as I am pregnant with a toddler and have been struggling. Thank you for giving me a new perspective.

Motherhood started getting better for me when I stopped thinking of myself as lonely. It’s a very connectionless journey for me but when I do chat to a mum at the park it can really get me through a few more days as I don’t have family so a conversation can literally be life changing for me as a sahm of 2 toddlers.
But as for boredom I think it’s because for us, we’re aware it’s the same tasks over and over but for them, they’re just experiencing life in every second.
You get to a point of boredom where it’s so enjoyable just to see them play without needing you and you just sit and watch. I do find myself using chat gpt to come up with ways to “pass time” with them from 3pm+ but it really is just about sitting idle while they experience life. But being bored for to long can also be very boring lol

I love this so much, i am definitely the most present i have ever been when i am with my toddler, and the most joyous days have come of it. It’s made me realise this is what life is all about. Thank you for your beautiful perspective ❤

I love how you said "A Cinematic exploration" because that is what I'm looking for. I'm looking for something so beautiful and true that it moves me to be more bored, to be more present with my child. I'm SO excited for more of your content to come!

Ŵhat a great subject, i needed to hear this. Tomorrow is a new day and ill incorporate some of these practices.

Beautiful video! Love to see content from another Australian too ❤ “being with” as a practice has changed my life and my relationship to my children. 💕

wow wow wow! beautiful advice, and a very under-attended topic in the world of motherhood! loved this.

Right after having my daughter my love of reading re-emerged. She took a long time to nurse and only napped in my arms those first 6 months. Instead of scrolling socials, I would pick up a cozy fantasy book either physical books or ebooks. It was so calming and made me feel like myself a bit when I felt so overwhelmed as a new mom. Now at almost 2yo I'm entering my crafting era to give my hands something to do while being present with my daughter.

absolutely!

The beginning of this video almost brought me to tears. You explaining what the beginning of motherhood was like for you - the reddit threads, the reels - was my exact experience, and it was absolutely horrible for my mental health. Very happy to be past that and to largely be embracing the boredom. ❤

I no longer have social media and had a hard time connecting when I did, slowing down has helped me so much with connecting with my 3 year old and I no longer feel like there is somewhere “I have to get to”. I feel like the rush they try to sell us is really a trap and the more i notice, the more I wish I could scream at the top of my lungs to everyone to just slow down and look up.

Thank you for this - I had a very similar experience and have definitely leaned into the "boredom" more since my daughter turned 2

Loved this!

Thank You for this. I needed it.

I really appreciated this i like want to be present and have deleted social media but its like I can't make the next step I think its like allowing myself to be bored its that simple 😅

i’m nowhere near having kids, but this was so enriching!!!

I was pregnant with twins. One of them was stillborn and the other is healthy 2,5 year old. At first, it felt like everything was taken from me but pretty soon after, it became clear that wasn't really the case at all. Sure, I'll never get to push them in a big stroller or dress them in matching outfits, but everything was not taken. What our dead son gave us was the ability to relax. I see so many new parents stress about the smallest of things but we never did. The first year was filled with gratitude and happiness because I got to hold a baby. To just have him and get to know him was enough for me. Who would have thought that losing a child, the worst experience of my life, would give me the presence that so many parents have to try really hard to find? So, to everyone stressing about screen time, breast feeding, anything really: remember that at the end of the day, all that really matters is that you are all here, home, together.

Motherhood, the most humbling and sobering experience a woman could have ❤

motherhood is so beautiful

I don’t blame moms for being on their phones, I have struggled a lot with being on my phone too much because motherhood, especially the early years, can be quite lonely and isolating. Your phone seems like your only connection to the outside world and the only contact you get with other people. However, now that my son is 5, and I have two other children, my days are full- schooling my kindergartener, cooking and baking, nursing my baby, calling my mom and other family on the phone, cleaning, gardening, sports activities and swim school, that I spend far less time on my phone meaninglessly scrolling. You will naturally grow out of the phone addiction phase because your family will demand more of you, which is the best possible thing and something great to look forward to.

I deleted my instagram the moment I found out I was pregnant.

She's almost three months now, those "boring" hours really taught me to surrender.

I loved this video and how you created it! I’m from Brazil and I love talking about motherhood.

I love this very much. I resonate so much with the message of embracing boredom and resonating with the natural world and letting your mind enter a dreamlike state. I’m looking to become a mom soon and am really freaking out but your words have set my heart at ease. Thank you.

Hello, I’m also a mom on maternity leave and I also want to start making videos. Could you advise me which camera would be enough for me to get started?

This is so inspiring! My first baby is 2 months old now and I’m finding myself wanting to escape the boredom with instagram and podcasts but you’re video was a reminder to embrace the boredom and allow it to inspire my creativity 😍

I fed my two babies to sleep and it was totally fine. You don’t have to fear it

Best propaganda for not motherhood I’ve seen in a while

This is such a beautiful vidéo please continue making more❤

You saying playgrounds suck made me giggle so much because I totally agree. I do take my son from time to time but I enjoy to taking him down the street to an open patch a grass with a bench, trees, rocks, bushes, and he loves it just the same. And I am not fighting him to not eat the mulch on the playground (because who thought that was a good idea!?!) lol. Beautiful video (:

Thank you for this thought-provoking idea. I'm going to think this over while intentionally keeping my phone zipped away and playing with my 11 month old today. I also have a 6 year old and keeping craft supplies out has been game-changing. The last couple of years, we saw a dramatic increase in his interest in YouTube - watching other families play together with toys and going on vacation. It was so weird to me! So we just decided no more. We got a drawing app for him to ease the transition away from screen time, and now he is just inspired to draw when we read books, he copies the drawings of trains and airplanes, even draws his toys now. It is SO COOL. And when it's rainy, I get out a stack of printer paper, some cheap nontoxic paint and a couple brushes in our garage. He and the neighbor kid have so much fun together. They love kicking a ball back and forth. I'm inspired to just go outside and watch them with my baby. Our world feels so much lighter and free without the tv always on. We also have an app for learning to play piano that my son loves. Seeing the change in my son is inspiring me to spend less time on my phone and pursue other hobbies like sourdough baking, sewing, crafting.

Wow, such a good video. I really needed to hear this. Thank you❤