Ritual
I've found that incorporating rituals into my day helps me to stay on track. I've felt out of sorts for awhile. I think traveling and being away from home has taken a toll on me and I have not incorporated ritual into my life. This morning I woke up motivated to introduce order into my life. I am sure that the advent of daylight savings time combined with my desire to be productive and accomplish goals has pushed me into this direction. I feel energized and rejuvenated. I've decided that every morning I will shower before taking my son to daycare, this is a total change because usually I crawl out of bed throw on the sweats and drop him off. When I return home I tend to dilly dally and 8:30 becomes noon before I know it and I've accomplished very little. By being ready to tackle my day when I return from daycare I will be more efficient.
I also plan to incorporate a morning cup of herbal tea to my ritual. I love my chocolate mint truffle rooibois tea and can enjoy it fairly quickly in the morning. I took this photo of my kettle boiling because I think it is beautiful and despite the adage that "a watched pot never boils" using the quick boil feature on my frigidaire gallery range I am able to do just that. I can take five minutes to let my tea seep and enjoy the sweet delicate taste of my tea and it kills two birds with one stone, I am both relaxed and ready for the day and it satiates my desire for sweet things.
I am also adding exercise to my ritual. I enjoy exercising with my son so I will wait until the afternoons to exercise- at least for now. That may change but at the moment I am committing myself to exercise. And finally, although I've said this on numerous occasions, I am really going to start utilizing my jacuzzi tub. To be honest I've avoided using it because it is a serious job to clean it. It is the deepest tub I've ever seen, so deep in fact that when I was pregnant I had to get my husband to do the cleaning duty. Unfortunately, no such luck now, he would balk if I so much as whispered "can you clean the tub for me?"
I think the work is worth the reward because the massage jets are so soothing and will be a perfect nightcap for my days. And speaking of nightcaps, I think I am also going to commit to going to bed by 10 or 11 every night. It is my hope that incorporating rituals into my life will help me stay and track and since they are so simple I can even do them when I am away from home. I'll let you know how it goes and in the meantime, I'd love to hear about your rituals. What do you do to take care of yourself?
I also plan to incorporate a morning cup of herbal tea to my ritual. I love my chocolate mint truffle rooibois tea and can enjoy it fairly quickly in the morning. I took this photo of my kettle boiling because I think it is beautiful and despite the adage that "a watched pot never boils" using the quick boil feature on my frigidaire gallery range I am able to do just that. I can take five minutes to let my tea seep and enjoy the sweet delicate taste of my tea and it kills two birds with one stone, I am both relaxed and ready for the day and it satiates my desire for sweet things.
I am also adding exercise to my ritual. I enjoy exercising with my son so I will wait until the afternoons to exercise- at least for now. That may change but at the moment I am committing myself to exercise. And finally, although I've said this on numerous occasions, I am really going to start utilizing my jacuzzi tub. To be honest I've avoided using it because it is a serious job to clean it. It is the deepest tub I've ever seen, so deep in fact that when I was pregnant I had to get my husband to do the cleaning duty. Unfortunately, no such luck now, he would balk if I so much as whispered "can you clean the tub for me?"
I think the work is worth the reward because the massage jets are so soothing and will be a perfect nightcap for my days. And speaking of nightcaps, I think I am also going to commit to going to bed by 10 or 11 every night. It is my hope that incorporating rituals into my life will help me stay and track and since they are so simple I can even do them when I am away from home. I'll let you know how it goes and in the meantime, I'd love to hear about your rituals. What do you do to take care of yourself?
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The closest I get is using a very fragrant body scrub in the shower everyday along with loofah gloves. Hey, it's a step...
Good luck with your routine. I think the shower thing before hand is a great idea!!
i have a million rituals! a million! ok, not a million, but many. i won't bore you with all of them, but i like the ones that calm me down when i am fritzing.
Just stopping in to say from my "break."
Toodles!
And WOW! in bed by 10 or 11, that's what dreams are made of, Sis!
Best to you on your ritual-incorporating journey!
I most definitely need to fit my yoga in. I've been doing maybe five or 10 quick minutes, but I wanna get in at least 20 minutes today with a little strength training.
Going to bed at a decent time needs to be a priority for me too. Getting to sleep at 1 or after isn't working especially when I need to be up at 5:30. Good luck with taking care of yourself... I think I'll fix myself another cup of tea in honor of rituals! :)
Oh, and doesn't it suck that husbands won't do what they did when you were pregnant?
Winks & Smiles,
Wifey