I can relate. I took last week off work, my parents were visiting, and we travelled north to visit The Grand Canyon. This brought all sorts of disruptions to our routine but allowed for family time, hikes, and star gazing. I think every once in a while it's important to break the routine even though it may be challenging to get back on track.
There's a blogger and A&M geography professor who I have learned a lot from through the years who lives in Bryan and often shares pictures of his solitary jaunts in and around that place. Looks like a beautiful piece of country!
"Greater Awareness to better tend self and family"--my biggest thing these days has been kind self-talk. Lets say, for example (FOR EXAMPLE, OK) that I haven't done the dishes in a while. I can either get mad at myself about it ("I can't believe I haven't done the dishes I'm a big stupid idiot") or I can be kind to myself about it ("There's a lot going on, and I just haven't gotten to it. I'll get to it soon.")--even just how I talk about it to myself can influence how I FEEL about a thing. It's easier to do a little bit of a maintenance task than it is to do the entire task. So I'm trying to begin and end my tasks with kindness.
That book "How to keep house while drowning" is actively changing how I think about things I need to do and it's helped interrupt the negative feedback loop of unattended tasks while there are other things going on.
I can relate. I took last week off work, my parents were visiting, and we travelled north to visit The Grand Canyon. This brought all sorts of disruptions to our routine but allowed for family time, hikes, and star gazing. I think every once in a while it's important to break the routine even though it may be challenging to get back on track.
Thank you so much for the mention in your lovely piece, dear Sara! 🌿
There's a blogger and A&M geography professor who I have learned a lot from through the years who lives in Bryan and often shares pictures of his solitary jaunts in and around that place. Looks like a beautiful piece of country!
"Greater Awareness to better tend self and family"--my biggest thing these days has been kind self-talk. Lets say, for example (FOR EXAMPLE, OK) that I haven't done the dishes in a while. I can either get mad at myself about it ("I can't believe I haven't done the dishes I'm a big stupid idiot") or I can be kind to myself about it ("There's a lot going on, and I just haven't gotten to it. I'll get to it soon.")--even just how I talk about it to myself can influence how I FEEL about a thing. It's easier to do a little bit of a maintenance task than it is to do the entire task. So I'm trying to begin and end my tasks with kindness.
That book "How to keep house while drowning" is actively changing how I think about things I need to do and it's helped interrupt the negative feedback loop of unattended tasks while there are other things going on.
Rage cleaning is still cleaning, just sayin'