I noticed something about my posts yesterday, both of them categorized in "tantrums" and timeline labeled "January". I looked at other January posts in the past 5 years and didn't notice anything especially crazed, some winter blues, but nothing especially noteworthy....so either I didn't feel that I could write it out on the blog, or it wasn't pronounced enough to note. Possibly there's a pattern in development? The greatest thing about keeping a journal (or blogging) is that one can look back for patterns in behavior, recognizing these, one can change.
So, in the spirit of altering patterns I'm issuing a challenge to myself, publicly here, to commit to 42 days of Self Care, and an extra day for celebrating success! I'll call it my CARE FULL 43, and I will report here every day what I accomplished which may include though not limited to:
- meditation & prayer, minimum 10'
- yoga, minimum 15'
- some cardio activity, minimum 20'
- spiritual study/reading
- concsious gratitude
- meeting minimun twice a week with spiritual family of choice
- journal at bedtime, even if it's a simple list of Got-it-Done-Today
- set a timer, take twenty to sixty minutes for my self to rest, read something fun, watch something I enjoy, give myself a facial/spa bath---anything that I want to do simply for that reason, I want to.
- minimum one random act of kindness
- tell everyone, "You are Loved"or "I love you" either in kindness or in words
- feed my body for optimum overall wellness
- drink more than enough water
- put a little pocket change in the family "give" jar
- spend time outdoors
- loudly laughing with my kids
Onward!
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SOM p.270
“If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”
~ Martin Luther King
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