07/10/2024
After a busy weekend of family, house jobs and being 100% mum, I decided to dedicate my morning to some much needed mind & body time. I very rarely do this, in fact it quite often feels uncomfortable to prioritise it. Feeling the urge to throw myself straight into productivity and some self created fast paced pressure for work from the off - that feeling of chasing something you’ve (in your head) “failed” to do but you can’t quite figure out what that thing actually is. Just a big pile of nervous energy. A behaviour carried over from corporate life I’m sure, and somehow I feel selfish if I don’t act the same way as I did then.
But I didn’t leave that world to simply carry on behaving how I was expected to, and not enjoying life after that big leap. It’s not been serving me at all.
So I gave myself grace this morning to start the week differently. It still felt uncomfortable to be doing it but I want to be & do better for myself now.
So a run (that I’ve not done in seven months according to my app.) A stretch with a new online teacher (which was tough and my muscles are still in (good) shock) And a meditation with the beautiful scent of palo santo incense wafting through my space.
I’ve realised that nothing bad has happened by mixing up life for a few hours. The world is still turning and I’ll still achieve the thing I wanted to at 8am this morning. Maybe just a little later but probably with a whole lot more clarity. Overall I feel like I’ve just been a better grown up for myself today. And that feels nice.
A stretchy, out of breath start to Monday… I did it for me. As we all should do 🧘
Much love my friends. Wishing you a lovely start to your week. Please find sometime for you too, even if it’s different for your ‘to do’ list to comprehend at first ❤️ ###
