Feeling Like Myself Again

I’m feeling much better today. I weighed myself this morning and I weight 184. I lost 8 pounds. 8 freakin’ pounds. Jules is cooking me breakfast and I am so excited to sit down and eat an actual meal.

As I wrote about in yesterday’s article, moments like this are important because they remind us of what matters.

I had another experience similar to this not too long ago.

Jules had to go to Boston for a bit. I came home early and was at the house by myself for a week. Without my routine, I quickly fell off the rails. I got so immersed in work. I didn’t know what else to do with myself, so I just kept working. It was miserable. I realized that without my family and the routine that I have been accustomed to, I didn’t have any actual hobbies or ways that I take care of myself. My self care was forced upon me.

That experience forced me to take a step back, rededicate myself to my meditation, my afternoon walks, my cold plunges, and my morning reading session. I had to to give myself permission to step back from time to time.

I’m feeling similar now. Not everything has to be so serious. Sometimes, (meaning all the time) life doesn’t go exactly how you planned it.

I suppose that’s what makes it so exciting.