Hello Everyone,
WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS YEAR?!!
It has disappeared! Something very strange has happened to time LOL - well not that funny really! It is just vaporising or that is how it feels to me! I have moved from Virginia and am settling in Dallas - just because I had not had enough moving in the last 2 years hahahahaha! Fast track to insanity!
However, I came across this list that I had started writing some time ago and thought it was timely! With so much uncertainty and disruption happening it is a reminder of ways to become grounded or still ourselves.
Here are some of the strategies that work best for me to calm myself and fight off overwhelm and burnout!
- Be in silence - find a quiet place with no noise - no traffic, radio, podcast, TV or any sounds if possible. You will be stunned and how your whole nervous system relaxes! If you breathe in for a count of 4, hold it for 4, breath out for 4, hold it for 4 while saying to yourself 'I AM here' it will be transformative!
- Be in nature - go and sit with your bare feet on the grass or earth. This recharges you - literally! With electrons!
- Go Camping - with your family or by yourself and you achieve both 1 and 2 PLUS another critical one - connection.
- Connection - connecting heart to heart with people you love and connecting to your own heart are secret weapons of burnout busting! Humans need other humans - even if they don't think they do and we are all connected all the time anyway!
- If camping is not for you - then try Glamping!! It's very civilised! LOL.
- Have a picnic in a park which grounds, connects and add the value of play into that - fly a kite - lighten up and play like children! Laugh more!
- Go into the garden and stay there till you feel better - that is what my cousin Juliet would say to me - and it works!! Just weeding or watching weeds grow works. Fill yourself with gratitude for the wondrous plants and rocks and beings in the garden!
- Create a magic moment book - this is a book full of photos or stories of wonderful times in your life - and when you need a lift - just open it and focus and relive one of those events. You can create an album online or in your phone and use it in the same way.
- Remember that the number 1 thing is life is how you feel about yourself - so do your best to love yourself and remind yourself you are worth loving every day - several times if necessary. And ALWAYS choose love over fear. Be aware of the basis on which you are making a decision - is it on fear - or love! Make a choice based in fear and it will bite you in some way!
- Unplug for an hour - get away from all technology - and avoid looking at your phone or computer immediately before bed - the frequency on the phone will influence your brain waves and you will take forever to get to sleep! I broke my own rule this week and was wide away until 2am - VERY frustrating!!
Short - and simple. These things really work so prioritize time for them and notice how different you feel after a month!
Zooties to you all and visit me in Dallas if you are here!
