Self-Enrichment for the Mother?

In one of the "Reading List on the Net" posts I linked to A Mother's Feast Link-up at Strong Haven. I haven't made a post to contribute because while I think the subject is a great one, I am unsure how I can contribute to the link-up. Because that is what a link-up is for to share something that will be of benefit to others. At least that is my understanding.

I've given this post the title of self-enrichment but it is referred to as mother culture in Charlotte Mason's Parents' Review articles. 

Is self-enrichment the same as a mother's feast? I think today many would use the term 'self-care' in place of 'self-enrichment', and while I really don't know if that is a worthy substitute, I really liked Lizzie's description and her invitation:

What is mother culture, you ask? I think it is purposefully stepping outside of the moment, considering something outside our own immediate sphere for a brief time. It is acknowledging the fact that we Mothers are also people, people with minds and souls and bodies that need wise tending...I very much want to keep growing, to remain available to a busy man who wants someone delightful to talk to or an attentive girl who is just discovering the allure of creating beautiful things...We can talk about what we have learned, about how we managed to make the time to read or journal, about why it’s important to not let our minds and souls grow stale. The posts can be practical or philosophical. You can be encouraging and optimistic or poignantly introspective. You can write about your goals or your accomplishments. But please lets acknowledge the hope and purpose of steady, purposeful self-education.

I am going to attempt to participate in this endeavor. Each of the things we do in our lives, the books we read, the people we choose to interact with, and everything else should make us a better person. Not better for ourselves necessarily, although I do think that comes with it; but for others.

Brandy calls this Scholé, while there are many who may call it Me Time (or Mommy Time):

If the worst form of Me Time is sinful self-indulgence, then the best of scholé is selfless soul-improvement. Scholé isn’t just about rest and peace, though those are at its core. It’s about becoming better than we already are. Learning something. Doing something. Loving something. It’s being stretched and challenged and encouraged, that we might fill up and overflow. It’s gaining new knowledge and, with it, a vision...Scholé is the pursuit of truth. Of goodness. Of beauty. It seeks not private advantage, but the advantage of the whole world. While selfishness coddles the crumpled little grasping soul, scholé seeks to expand, to challenge, and to improve.

Honestly, I do not know what each post will contain at this moment. But as Katie says, "There is such insight and wisdom in the world. It is literally waiting for us to come and find it. We can be intentional." That's what I want to do. Intentionally pursue truth, beauty, goodness; to grow so that I am more available to those around me.