Kids are back in school and here I am, wondering how summer went by so fast. It was a wonderful whirl, but a whirl nonetheless. We spent a lot of our summer popping in and out of kids activities and waiting for our pool project to be complete.
There were time I felt like summer was being wasted, but then I'd hug my kids a little tighter and remind myself that there was no playbook - just the present moment. That helped until it didn't. I realized that in all of my thoughts about what I wanted summer to be for them, I didn't build in what I wanted summer to be for me. Luckily, I was about to have all of the me time I needed with school starting soon.
Knowing school was starting, I made a plan to give myself one hour every morning of straight me time. There would be no guidelines but I would get the whole hour. I could meditate, I could read, I could sit in silence and listen to the birds, I could sit in the sun, I could swim, I could journal -- anything that would give me that time to look back on through out the day and say "yes, I am cared for. Yes, there was a time today I took care of me."
I am in week two of this practice and some days it's the best hour of the day! Other days, I sit and struggle with the feeling that I am not being productive enough. It is a journey I am committed to because I know deep down, I will become a stronger, calmer person with this practice.
Have you added (or changed!) anything about your routine now that the seasons are beginning to change? Let me know what you are working towards or working to leave behind below - we are on this life journey together!
Peace,
Carrianne