Leaning into your self care routine is essential to being more productive BUT can help in elevating your divine feminine energy. #SayLess
We all have those days where we feel like we should push through the exhaustion and be productive.
But then there are days when you sleep in (not by choice), feel decision fatigue with every little thought and feel overwhelmed by the thought of your to do list.
The way to circumvent getting to any level of burn out (like listed above, because they are both a form of burn out) is to have a regularly scheduled self care routine.
Or in my case self care day! These happen very rarely and are usually caused by not making self care a natural part of my day. So I took the day to lean into myself, be self obsessed and get things done that would feed my soul.
So …Join me on as I take a self care day!
Although I completely missed my morning routine (journal, meditate)…My day started with a healthy breakfast
My go to oatmeal right now is half cup of cooked steel cut oats, 4 strawberries, 1 banana, quarter cup of blue berries an a tablespoon of maple syrup.
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I have an awesome life partner who noticed me working too hard several weeks prior and booked me a 9am full body massage!
It was the perfect release after many weeks of half marathon training and general life pressures.
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Since I was out, I figured I might as well get some errands done. I did a Fedex return and dropped off some overdue books to the library!
I ended up spending time at the library, perusing books for future readying, searching Pinterest for my vision board and checking out books for the girls #MomLife
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I went home and made myself a healthy nutritious lunch: scrambled eggs, edamame, roasted potatoes and broccoli and a home made alioli.
With lunch I watched some Modern Family. I ALWAYS re-watch shows (SATC, Friends, Seinfeld and now Modern Family) because I do not have the bandwidth to start something new.
I let my food digest while I worked on my vision board and then got a workout in: 30 min run followed by a 20 min full body/no repeats tabata.
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Full transparency I watched a few of my fav YouTubers while I worked out (ie: Tam Kaur, Melanie P Cruz, Holly B Fitness) – I love motivational inspo and could watch these creators on repeat.
Immediately followed that up with an epsom salt bubble bath …and yes the bubbles are MANDATORY ;)
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I made good use of my soak by reading. I try and read 10 pages a day and I’m currently reading “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”. I love self dev books, but try to balance them out with some fun fiction tool.
By the time I got out of the shower, I had about 30 minutes before I had to pick up my kids so I did a quick clean or my desk. Switched up my set up and deep cleaned all the surfaces.
It was a much needed spring clean.
The rest of the evening was spent being a parent but I managed to finish the evening with a brain dump in my journal (released a lot of thoughts/emotions), had a herbal tea and slept early!
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Hope this inspired you to add some self care to your day, or take a day all together for yourself!