Your self-care schedule ✨
Shit has been weird lately.
I'm not saying it's just mercury retrograde, it's been a weird few months. Maybe it's the pandemic STILL happening. Maybe it's too many people with polarizing views. Maybe it's the fact that almost everyone I know is going through something really intense right now.
It doesn't matter what exactly it is, something just feels weird.
In my business I always say, "do whatever feels good to you". This translates to marketing, messaging, branding, advertising, all of it. In the summer I went through some pretty dramatic changes and took a toll on my brain power. In the time that I should have leaned into self-care the most, I pushed away from it.
I kept saying to myself, "today I'll do what feels good." Then I'd turn on Netflix and knit. It was nice to have a break, but is it really a restful break if we're not intentional about it? It left me feeling sad and not knowing why. Then bingo, I stopped doing yoga, meditating, walking my dog, getting fully dressed, or just leaving the house in general... It sounds kind of dramatic now that I write it out, but I assure you I am doing ok now.
Working from home is so hard. No one talks about how difficult it is not to need to leave the house in the morning, that no one is waiting for us at work, there's no conversation at the water cooler, there's no deadlines, no nothin'. The only things we have in place are what we set for ourselves. Over the last few months, I set out nothing. No structure. No goals. Again, this might be ok, as long as it is intentional. I thought I was doing self-care when I was watching Netflix. Turns out I was leaning into what was easy instead of what was good for me.
I had a psychology appointment and we chatted about some things and resolved some discomfort I had from the summer. Then I spoke to someone in the Collective I'm a part of (if you want to join a group of kickass women, let me know). I confided in them. I said I don't know how to fill my days in a way that felt good to me. They suggested I challenge myself with one small thing per week.
Then I looked at the white board in my office. It had all my August goals on it. I hadn't bothered doing September because I didn't know what to work towards. Then I thought, "heck, why should I write any business goals down if I feel like shit?" So I wrote down all the self-care goals I want to accomplish this October. It's already off to a great start. I went to my first proper workout class in 2 years. I even chatted with a few of the women in the class. I'm so stinkin' proud of myself.
If you want to challenge yourself this month, create a self-care schedule. Nothing that's too challenging to follow. Don't beat yourself down if you don't meet your goals, it's just about trying.
FILL YOUR CUP FIRST. You got this.
Feel free to hit reply if you want to chat. 💕
Luan