Self-Caring

Do you ever feel so overwhelmed with everything that's going on in your life? Like you don't have time to even sit down and breathe because you have so much to do?

That was me today. I've spent the last two days working exclusively on my thesis, even though I have an anatomy test next Thursday and a bajillion things I need to study to feel ready to take it. About 20 minutes into class today I found myself so tired and bogged down, and I think my professor said it best:

Some days it's just hard to exist. 

I'm not ashamed to admit that internally I screamed AMEN. Then he said something even better, and it went something like this:

I mostly have really good days and even my bad days are probably someone else's good days. 

Perspective, people. I feel like I can say the same. I mostly have really good days and even my bad days are probably someone else's good days.

Things got better after I got a little chocolate in me and started moving around a bit. However, I still decided to take the day off from studying and take the time for a little self-care.

A girl in my ward recently posted a survey on her Instagram account asking about people's self-care habits. Because of that I've been thinking about it a little bit more and how I can take better care of myself.

Boom. Perfect opportunity.

I did a 10-minute meditation practice on the train ride home from class. (I'm trying out the Calm app on her recommendation/suggestion.)

I met my sister and her boyfriend at a food truck round up and indulged in a wonderful dinner of street tacos and doughnuts from Art City Donuts. 

--side note: I highly, highly recommend the book Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program that Works. It will change your view of food and eating and life in general. I even picked up some good parenting tips--

I nitpick-cleaned parts of our kitchen, something that I actually found really satisfying.

Three words: lavender bath bomb.

I wrote in my journal.

Guys. I feel so much better right now. I'm not even stressed about the amount of not studying I'm done today. 

Essentially, this is a blog post of me promoting self-care and telling you that it really worked for me. 

I'll leave you with one more quote:

Love yourself enough to take care of yourself. 

--John F. Barnes

Happy almost weekend!!

(because every weekend deserves fireworks)