To be honest, I have been in need of a little TLC and haven't exactly been doing a very good job at giving it to myself. It's hard to slow down. Even in a state of injury, as I am in, it's hard to take care of yourself. I know what I am supposed to be doing to help myself heal and get better, but the world is so demanding and if you take just the tiniest bit of time to help yourself, you feel so guilty. If you take the slightest bit of time away from something you think you should be doing, you feel like you've let someone down or like you've dropped one of the many balls you are constantly juggling...or at least I feel that way...
Well today I have truly taken a total me, total TLC day. I started my day with a yoga class, practiced deep breathing and found my center, then I soaked in a warm bubble bath, and engaged in a bit of meditative healing and a lie down with my heating pad. I then perused the web for a bit of online shopping...meditative healing may have its therapeutic rewards, but helloooo, online shopping is equally if not more so rewarding!! I followed up my retail therapy with a bit of sun worshipping. I find there just really is nothing more relaxing than an afternoon nap in the sun! I may have even gotten a little bit of a tan! Ok ok ok, so I probably didn't really get a tan...I don't exactly have the skin type that tans :P
But what I came to discover today is that I think in general, perhaps, we need to be a bit kinder and gentler toward ourselves...allow ourselves to take some timeouts from the rush our lives have become. I think we've come to believe it isn't really ok to do that. Had I taken a few more timeouts myself I think I may not have gotten my injury in the first place.
So today I took a timeout. I slowed my thoughts, my actions, I took care of my injury, and it wasn't selfish, and the world didn't come to an end and my friends and family didn't hate me for it as I kinda sorta feared. I kinda want to do it again tomorrow!
I hope you enjoyed your weekend and maybe took a little timeout of your own :)
xo!
P.S. here are my online purchases from today!
So cute! I love them!
images courtesy of urban outfitters
1 comments:
ooh i love your purchases & that "s" i wanted to say thanks for stopping by my blog also x
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