Look, we’re all feeling the same things, I’m not gonna bring that all up just to bring us all down.
Here’s what I’m doing:
- Podcasts while I work
I use Pocket Casts web player and app- The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
- Unlocking Us by Brené Brown
- Fierce by Joe Piazza via iHeartRadio and Tribeca Studios
- Stuff You Should Know by Josh and Chuck via iHeartRadio
- Taking Mindfulness breaks
- 1 minute every, well, whenever I remember so usually every 4 hours or so, I take 3-5 reps of 5-9 second count breaths in and out. I have had days where my day was fine, I just ramped up in how busy I was that I was a frog in hot water:
The boiling frog is a fable describing a frog being slowly boiled alive. The premise is that if a frog is put suddenly into boiling water, it will jump out, but if the frog is put in tepid water which is then brought to a boil slowly, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death.- Cameron came down and I was so disoriented that I, something I have been working on and is taking work and I am still far from even good at, recognized that my head was not on straight and I said, “I need some grounding”. It came out, like word vomit. I don’t even think either of us knew what I meant but then I said, “can we just look at each other and do some breathing” and he suggested, and we did, 3 reps of 7 seconds.
- I also sometimes use the podcasts as a pause. I build a playlist that will last an hour or two and when it’s up I get a tine break in the form of building a new playlist. It usually only takes a few seconds wince I listen to longer podcast episodes but it’s still a break from work
- 1 minute every, well, whenever I remember so usually every 4 hours or so, I take 3-5 reps of 5-9 second count breaths in and out. I have had days where my day was fine, I just ramped up in how busy I was that I was a frog in hot water:
- Cutting myself some slack
- No, not all of my laundry is put away
- No, I am never caught up on dishes
- No, I have not been hitting my exercise goals
- And ALL of that is OKAY
- Costco take-and-bake meals
Because grocery shopping for all the things to season, etc., is more time than I want to spend in a store full of people
Also, because I’m lazy, it’s money-smart, and so super yummy- Salmon, feeds 4-5, $20-$25, with dill and some fancy aioli butter
- Chicken Tacos, feed 3-4, $20, just warm the chicken and it’s got all the fixins
- Korean bibimbap, feeds 4, $20, cook stove-top and serve over rice
- Candles.
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