You know what? It's really HARD to fit in something for yourself every day. HARD. The week gets moving and you feel like you are barely holding on. Amidst all the running around, all the minutes you spend thinking about what groceries you need, what projects aren't done at work, which kid didn't do homework, or is late for school, or if you've remember to check your voicemails... you have to try and find a quiet space for yourself. That seems incredibly hard. That IS incredibly hard. Big payoff though.
Today I took my favorite teacher's class. He's a guru. Really. Well, maybe not officially, but he's amazing. The class was hard, and his intention/focus for the class was the "do no harm" limb of yoga, but specifically, the do no harm to yourself aspect. To stop the inner monologue that you aren't enough, that you didn't do it right, that you are less than you should be. Always a good reminder to be kind to yourself, so you can be kind to others too.
I didn't focus on yoga much more today, but I did take a minute (10 minutes actually) to look over the travel book I'm making for each kid for this summer. It's a little spiral bound book I'm creating that gives them the entire outline of exactly what our summer schedule is so they can get excited--AND not ask me a million times "what's next". It has spaces for them to journal everyday too. Which is aspirational I know, but I can try. I can't wait to leave (6/25 is departure), and I'm already mentally thinking about what I'm going to pack. It's a huge treat for me to daydream about our future travel plans--I love it. The new Melissa shoes remind me of last summer, because the rep actually gave me a pair for free of the slides--and I literally wore them EVERYWHERE. They are shockingly comfortable (and I wouldn't have thought so really). It's the reason we ordered them for this year--they've been tried and tested. I think these are absolutely adorable, can't wait to wear them!!
"Often, it's not about becoming a new person, but becoming the person you were meant to be, and already are, but don't know how to be." (Heather L. Buckmaster)
Signed, ME {lv}
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