Welcome to Balanced Mum – A fresh start for 2026
Hi, I’m Yasmin and welcome (or welcome back) to Balanced Mum.
I’m so glad you’re here.
I originally started this blog back in 2025. I wrote a couple of posts, three in total and then life got busy, I lost interest, and I walked away from it.
By December 2025, I looked at it all and thought:
“This isn’t me anymore!”
So… I deleted the whole thing and gave myself a clean slate.
Now I’m restarting for real going into 2026 with a fresh mindset and a completely new purpose.
My goals this time around?
✨ Stay motivated
✨ Keep myself busy in a positive way
✨ Track how I’m actually getting on
✨ Share the honest, messy journey as it happens
This blog isn’t about perfection.
It’s about consistency and real life.
Why I Came Back
I realised I needed somewhere to track everything I’m doing:
- the meals I cook
- my reselling journey
- budgeting and money habits
- and yes my 2026 investing restart, after clearing everything out
- the day-to-day bits of mum life
Instead of trying to revive the old version of the blog, I wiped it clean and rebuilt it from scratch.
Fresh layout. Fresh categories. Fresh energy.
What You’ll Find Here
🍽 Food & Drinks
Easy meals, quick snacks, budget-friendly cooking and cocktails for the mums who need one.
🛍 Reselling Journey
My hauls, what sold, real numbers, tips, mistakes, and how I fit reselling around busy mum life.
💸 Money & Side Hustles
Budgeting, saving, realistic side hustles, and my 2026 investing restart (the honest version starting from zero again).
👩👦 Mum Life
Routines, real moments, the chaos, the wins, the fails, the truth, not the Instagram version.
🌿 Lifestyle
Home, favourites, cosy bits, and anything else that helps life feel more balanced.
Why Balanced Mum?
Not because I’ve perfected balance restarting the entire blog after three posts proves that.
But because I’m trying again with a clearer purpose.
Balance isn’t about doing everything right.
It’s about finding little ways to make life easier, calmer, and more enjoyable.
This blog keeps me grounded and accountable as I enter 2026 with fresh goals.
I’m Really Glad You’re Here
Whether you’re here for money talk, recipes, reselling inspiration, or just to follow a real mum figuring life out one step at a time welcome. 💚
Let’s see where this new year and new journey take us.