30 days of self care, day 12
No question that I feel so much better when I drink a lot of water. Today’s self care started early and went all day. Sitting out on the deck in the gorgeous sun with a surprisingly cool breeze, drinking my water and watching the dog snooze in the sun felt good down...
30 days of self care, day 11
A beautiful post storm day. The garden was loud after the summer rain. After communing, I went inside and set the timer. Thirty minutes… nothing to do, nothing to work on or figure out. Just chill. Delicious self care.
30 days of self care, day 10
Got to spend 30 minutes with a CEO/creative and pick his brain about what’s next. One of his gems was “everyone’s got 5 minutes.” Use them intentionally. Sometimes self care is showing up for yourself even when you are tired and not quite in the mood to be...
30 days of self care, day 9
Sometimes self care is leaving early even when you are enjoying yourself. Drove home just ahead of the worst of the storm. Getting home safe is good self care indeed.
30 days of self care, day 8
I didn’t take enough self care time today. Too many things going on. But I made a few minutes at least. After only a week doing this, not leaning into what I need feels really out of alignment. Tomorrow I’ll be more intentional, more committed and less prone to...
30 days of self care, day 7
Sunday afternoon. The plan was a movie and knitting while the rain fell. But the rain wouldn’t come and I was so tired. I padded down the hall, moved the cat over and climbed into bed. I closed my weary eyes. No alarm. No plan. Once again, self care wasn’t what I...
30 days of self care, day 6
After an epic ‘slept like a teenage’ night, I had a very lazy Saturday. We made breakfast calzones way past lunchtime then watched Asteroid City. Even though I didn’t check IMDB once, knit or draw on my iPad during the movie, I have little idea what it was about. But...
30 days of self care day 5
Today was fine. Until I fell down the rabbit hole of difficult relationships. The kind that persist and you can spend years letting go, thinking you have. Until one day, quite unexpectedly, you trip right over it and land on your heart. Like I did today. Today’s self...
30 days of self care day 4
When I was a little girl, my grandmother would come visit us during the summer. Everyone says theirs is the best grandmother, but, well, mine was. She would wake before anyone else, make coffee and take her knitting outside. She sat out on the patio in the very early...
30 days of self care day 3
Day 3 of 30 days of self care and I’m finding that, so far, the moments of self care isn’t what I plan. It’s paying attention to how I feel and leaning into what feels good.