What does taking care of your needs look like?
I admit I'm used to emotional chaos, constantly feeling overwhelmed and underprepared for what life throws my way is what drives my deep need for organization and efficiency. I'm seeing how I'm the one making myself feel anxious and stressed. The environment may trigger me, but I can also create that environment.
Feels new to take care of myself over taking care of my ego. Here I am giving myself facials, baking banana bread, pouring into my peers stepping into the home organizing industry. The space that used to be filled with productivity is being filled with substance. These moments feel foreign. I find myself thinking, "What should I do next?" now that I'm not constantly feeding the ego train of do more, be better.
What does taking care of your needs look like?
It looks like eating for me.
Replacing productivity with something that fuels me on multiple levels has become therapy.
Cooking provides physical nourishment, creates a bonding experience that me and my little one will cherish forever, and allows me to be a gift to others by sharing the food I make. Although cooking gives me so much, my body is not used to receiving this kind of care.
My body is used to snacks on the go, eating in the car.
Getting used to my body not being drained at the end of the day or my mind not feeling like it has to scream is what I'm adjusting to. The peacefulness of it all.
I admit I'm used to emotional chaos, constantly feeling overwhelmed and underprepared for what life throws my way is what drives my deep need for organization and efficiency. I'm seeing I am the master of my anxious energy and stress. The environment may trigger me, but I can also create that environment.
There is a sense of fear that I won't be able to keep this up. That life will continue to get busier and add more than I can handle. This is why simplifying is a journey. It's my job to rewire myself and create a life I love managing. It's my job to create a body and mind I love being in. I am the gatekeeper to my mind, body and spirit. It's up to me to decide what I allow in.
Although learning how to manage my mental and emotional environment is new, managing the physical environment is not.
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Where is the space?
I admit, I know how to simplify a space but simplifying my life is much different. I've setup automatic payments for bills, have a daily routine, but I often feel like I can't catch my breath at the end of the day. I'm always doing something, going somewhere.
I admit, I know how to simplify a space but simplifying my life is much different. I've setup automatic payments for bills, have a daily routine, but I often feel like I can't catch my breath at the end of the day. I'm always doing something, going somewhere.
There's zero space in my life to wander, ponder, just be.
I recently miscarried and the experience of being pregnant again made me slow all the way down. I was too tired do the extra things I resent doing but feel I should. I found myself cuddled on the couch watching childhood movies with my six year old.
Why did it take such an event to make me open my eyes and appreciate my life?
Why am I in a rush for more desires?
Why can’t I enjoy being?
Childhood memories surfaced of seeing my parents always on the go, productive, never resting or enjoying life, only pushing through it. I believe my parents' generation was always pushing for a better life for my generation. I am the product of relentless effort to survive and a fight to thrive.
My parent's constant productivity may have got me here, for that I thank them. {Love you Mom and Dad} Yet this energy of always pushing through drains me and keeps my fears close by.
Since I refocusing my attention on healing and taking care of myself, I found a peace I didn't know was there. The hardly important tasks I let go of made space for rest, friends, community, and getting in tune with myself. It all gave me a contentment I felt was unattainable until I reached full financial freedom or in a healthy loving relationship.
I share this with you as a reminder that this moment right here is life. What we do every day makes up the quality of life we live. If something feels off, it's possible it's time to let go. Let go and see what fills its place effortlessly- could be love, peace, contentment.
The power of simplicity is not in the letting go but what is welcomed once you do.
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April Daily Habit Tracker | Day 17
It’s now April. The air is a little lighter. The sun a bit brighter. Realizing we have at least another 30 days inside, I had to make a new schedule.
My last quarantine daily routine tracked more than I needed [ food and times }. Time is beginning to get blurry. As for food, I’m not starving so we’re good.
A daily routine tracking only my habits gets me where wanna be each day-
Balance, productivity, sanity.
I should’ve realized tracking my habits each day was the way to go since they’ve been beneficial in the past and I sell a habit tracker template right on this website
It wasn’t until I saw Franchesca Ramsey create her own habit tracker that I was reminded of its potential.
If you’re in need of some balance during these uncertain times, click the image for
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