This has been a packed month. Between driving halfway across the country and back, and planning a surprise party for my mom’s 70th birthday, I feel like I haven’t had time to just relax. Everything is done now though. The party was fantastic (and she was totally surprised) and the road trip was so much fun (definitely didn’t want to come home). Yesterday I finally unpacked and had a chance to do laundry and clean, etc. Now, I need to get back into a routine.Over the past month, I did not make writing a priority (hence the lapse in posts here, but also in my personal journal). I also did not make health a priority. I’ve been eating anything and everything, and not exercising or cooking. With spring finally settling down to stay, I feel the need to revamp these things and make them top priority again. I haven’t even done yoga in a while. I can feel the difference in my body, and it’s not a good difference.
When I first started this blog, I spoke about being centered. On the road trip I took last summer with my girlfriends, I remember feeling an overwhelming sense of calm – no stress, don’t rush, just be. And when I returned from that road trip, the plan was to keep that as a sort of mantra. Take your time, the stress isn’t worth it. But over the past month or so I have completely lost my grasp on that viewpoint. Between rushing around planning and packing and planning some more, the stress has creeped up on me.
And it’s interesting how stress affects your body (or mine at least). I’m so exhausted from running here and there and doing this and that, that when I finally get a moment to myself I only want to veg out watching TV. I should be cooking something healthy to nourish my body, or going to sleep an hour earlier, or doing some yoga to ground myself. Instead, I’ve been staying up late to watch TV, then waking up in a rush, exhausted. I use coffee to get through the day, and then press repeat on this cycle. So it must stop. The toll it’s taking on my body is not worth it.
What to do?
I will be getting back into the routine of cooking on a weekly basis – delicious, healthy meals that will last through the week. Cutting out the gluten, and cutting back on sugar. Increasing vegetables and tea.
Yoga and the gym will get scheduled back into the calendar.
Sleep, reading, writing and coloring will becoming my evening routine. I need less TV time for sure.
And lastly, it’s time to go back and look over my New Year’s Goals. Are steps being taken to accomplish them? If not, why? What can change so they get accomplished?
This is what’s necessary in my life right now. I’m sure we all lose our focus at some point and get trapped in the lazy mode.
Are you stuck right now? What can you do to break out of it and become a better you?
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