My kids just went back to school after over two weeks off.
We stayed local for our spring break. We deep cleaned and went on little adventures here and there.
I love having a break and I love getting back into a routine again, too.
Spring is such a happy, calming, and inspiring time of the year. It makes me want to, metaphorically, plant some good seeds in my life and rise up a little more to enjoy the sunshine and to blossom.
Eric and I have been joking this week about how I have a "simple list of just ten things to do each day" to relieve all the challenges one person may have. Whether it be anxiety, depression, relationships, adhd, sickness, grief...I do {admittedly annoyingly} advise all to follow this pattern. It's so simple...hahahaha.
1. read something inspiring
2. write your thoughts down
3. exercise
4. write out a schedule/plan
5. connect with nature
6. connect with people by doing something you enjoy together and engaging in good conversation
7. breathe/meditation/break from screens
8. write out and say out loud affirmations
9. sincere prayer
10. organize/clean or plan something
See? Easy list that solves ALLLLLL problems. Right? ;)
Even if I don't get to each of those things every single day, I personally feel better and more content in the striving for them.
Eric reminds me that people are so different. I do understand that. But I'm still convinced that if you check off those boxes each day, or even swap a few boxes with things of your own {like have true fun or eat healthy}, your life does get better in a hopeful, joyful, lighter way. I'm just sure of that. Maybe I need to enlist my family to conduct an experiment to see? Wish me luck on that one. :)
Regardless of what I do and how I actually spend my time each day, right now I'm grateful for spring and the refreshing hope and growth of a new season. However, I choose to approach it.
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