Étiquette : december

Self Care Journey. December 31st.

We made it! We went through this month! Today is our last challenge… I will miss you all! But Tomorrow, I start my new yearly inner journey, you are more than welcome if you want to join me. I was really happy to share my personal tradition with you all. And here is the one that started all.

I do this for 10 years now, I think. I did it with Emma too, and she had a lot of fun putting glitter and painting cards, and remembering the good moments of the year. This year, I think I will change it a bit: I will write my moments, good, and not that good, on paper strips, being really careful to separate them into 2 groups… and fold them into lucky stars (I discovered I was addicted to do them… I’ll tell you more about that later 🙂 ).

So when midnight comes, I can take my bowl with those that need to go and burn them, so that they go back home, while I will decorate and put those I want to keep in a new jar. And I was thinking that I may keep paper strips by the jar, so that each time something good, surprising or just warming happens, I can write it down and fold it into a new star, before putting it in my jar. A new tradition is born!!! I don’t need to know what is written on each of them, but just seeing them and knowing what they mean will spark a smile, no doubt about that!

I wish you an excellent day. I was honored to feel you by my side this month. Thank you.

That’s my christmas present to my brother’s familly… 999 lucky stars, all filled with good thoughts and/or a smile…. told you… ‘slight’ addiction….

Self Care Journey. December 30th.

It’s almost the end of the month and I really felt a bit lighter this year. These little tasks to complete each day helped to keep the stress and negativity away… So today, let’s see how we lived this months, what we thought, what we did, what we wrote… and let’s enjoy the fact that we really took care of ourselves this month.

Just focus on what you did, created, felt this month. Tomorrow, we’ll go deeper.

Have a beautiful day.

Because you deserve it.

Self care journey. December 29th

Today, it’s time for your body to shake all that remaining useless energy away… Off it goes! Let’s get wild and dance untill everything we don’t need anymore in our life has gone away from our thoughts… Our body will be the one expressing the joy of being free from that toxicity. Let’s dance and sing and celebrate life!

Because we deserve it!

Self care Journey. December 28th.

Today, take the time to look at how wonderful and unique you are. We are sadly used to criticize, to judge ourselves. Let’s try to do the opposite today! We are worth of love, and even more of self love. Let’s be soft with ourselves, let’s open our heart and let the words glide on the paper. Let’s rediscover the being we live with our whole life, let’s bring some of our qualities under the spotlight.

Because, you know, we deserve it.

Self care journey. December 19th.

It is time to step back a bit and to look at what we managed to put in place these last weeks. I know that, as far as I am concerned, I really succeeded to avoid being overwhelmed by stress or tensions, not like I used to be at this time of the year. I managed to acknowledge times when I started to be caught by it, and step aside as quick as possible. I managed to overcome, and to make choices in order to take care of my well being, and not to satisfy so called obligations that are actually just illusions. I also managed to turn a page of my life, and find myself in the excitement of new beginnings. I took action to materialize them and I feel in harmony with myself. I really took care of myself, in a simple way. If sometimes I could do the daily prompt, I didn’t put the blame on myself, I just decided it wasn’t the good time, that I could do it later. If I didn’t have the strength or the time to start a new project, should it be professional or personal, I went full creative and found solution that suited me better, without anger, without, frustration. And I could say no, or yes, without justifying myself. So yes, I do feel good, And that was my goal to reach.

Today, look at what you accomplished these last weeks, without judging yourself, but as objectively as possible. You can do it, and this change of perspective will open your eyes on something you may have not expected.

I wish you a soft day.

Self care journey. December 18th

Today, we take a break. We make our favorite hot beverage, we wrap ourselves in a cozy blanket, and we let a Christmas movie take us far away. We forget about everything else, just for a moment.

After all, there are a lot of them to pick from. Ok, they all follow the same pattern and are highly unrealistic, but a bit or fairy tale in a harsh world can’t do bad… you can also go with the flow of a beautiful story, in a dreamy soft world…. Or if you are as cynical and misanthropist as I am, you can have a good laugh at the whole thing… everything is good, and you’ll be able to go back to your real life afterwards, but in a far more relaxed state of mind.

I wish you a sweet day.

Self care journey. December 17th.

Ooooooh The kind of list I love!! Ok, so today, I will try to finish to get everything ready to welcome my new roommate, a tiny 7months old panther, that will come to fill the void left by my tigress. I am in a new beginning flow, and I really try to make it the best! So here is my little list…. let’s see…

  • I need to get everything ready and to check it is tomorrow morning (soooo easily done!)
  • I want to take the time to bond with the panther,
  • I need to finish some Christmas presents
  • I want to go back to digital paint during my 2 weeks break (I have gathered so many inspiring references!!)
  • I want to enjoy next week peaceful rhythm (in quarantine for a week, with my little plant and the panther to be able to spend Christmas with my family) to get back to a daily meditation routine,
  • I need to organize my quote collection, and do something nice of it.
  • I want to plan my 2022 inner journey,
  • I want to build the frame of my inner journey, to only have to fill it as it comes.
  • I want to write poetry again, I feel inspired lately.
  • I need to set a physical body care ritual, because it deserves it.
  • I want to organize my online courses, to take pleasure in reading them again and again.
  • I would love to make a new vision board, just for fun
  • I need to go back to the translation of a book I love, because the existing translation betrays it far too much.
  • I want to go on organizing my chaos, because it’s time for me to turn the page and to begin a new volume.
  • I want to learn new tin whistle pieces of music
  • and most of all, I want to enjoy each moment.

And it’s only a small, really small piece of what I want to do that would bring me joy or peace, or make me feel good…. but days only last for 24 hours…. it’s ok, I can spread them over time!

Now get a pen, a notebook, or a piece of paper, and write down your little list.

I wish you a beautiful day

Self care journey. December 10th

I almost never take baths, but I am fully aware of their relaxing power. So when I choose to have a bath, I go for the whole experience. I lit some candles, I put a few essential oils drops in the (really) warm water, I add some himalayan salt. I put some jazz on, and I relax, letting my thought take me far far away.

If taking bath is not your thing, or if you don’t have a bathtub, you can take a long shower instead. And after that, you can add a body care routine, or even some massage.

Today, we relax and take care of our physical body, because it deserves it.

Self care journey. December 9th

We often focus on what derails from the path we built. And what goes as plan keeps unnoticed, because there is nothing to adjust, to fix. Nothing alarms us. But those little things are those our reality is made of.

Today, be aware of what is still in the shadows, by its discreet evolution. Because there is always something that goes good, that goes without problem. It’s up to you to give it the attention it deserves.

Have fun noticing everything that goes well today!

Self care journey. December 8th

Just for fun mean without pressuring yourself, just going with the flow of creativity. When I am at the end of a tough day (and lately, I had more than my share of them), I grab a pen, a pencil, or my drawing board and I draw, write, doodle, or take my tin whistle to let music soothe me… or dance like no one is watching (my plants weirdly don’t care… but I may have a new roommate pretty soon, and poor thing will have to watch me go crazy). I only intent to let go of what doesn’t belong to me, and claim my inner space back.

Last time, this is what I did:

And I decided to give it away for those of you who think they don’t have any creativity (you do, you just have to discover it…). No excuses now, you can at least color!! enjoy!

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Have fun, go with the flow and let it go!!!