things i’ve been doing to feel more like myself!!

🫶 noticing

i’m a creative person, and all of my art always comes from noticing. noticing how i feel, the way things work, noticing beauty in nature and in people. sometimes i get so caught up in my goals that i forget to notice, and that’s when my art and my heart suffers. i’ve been slowing down to notice more lately :)

🫧 taking baths again

when i was younger i would take baths every single day, but for the last few years i’ve taken showers for the sake of time and cleanliness. lately i’ve been taking a bath almost every single day (sometimes even if i shower too) and it really helps me feel more grounded in my body and myself in general.

💃🏻 acting on impulsive thoughts

acting on my childlike impulses brings me so much joy? i feel like we get so stiff as adults. we walk a certain way, talk a certain way, hold ourselves a certain way. doing little silly things like balancing on the curb, jumping on rocks/edges of things, taking my shoes off, and just generally acting on the impulses of my inner child (in a healthy way ofc) makes me feel so much more like myself

🍒 eating without tv or phone

this one is hard! i’m not an ipad kid, but i love to put on tv with my food - they’re practically synonymous. i don’t watch tv when i’m not eating, and vice versa. eating without any entertainment helps me really attention to how the food tastes/makes me feel, and i’m more conscious about when i’m full.

🌞 becoming aware of my environment

i move really fast! i usually find myself rushing through life, darting from one task to the next without ever really being fully present. lately i’ve been taking time to pause and really look at my environment, and feel myself being a part of it. noticing the light, the temperature, the energy, the moment. being grateful for the breath i draw inside of a particular room, at any point in time. it reminds me of what it was like to be a child, when everything was new. i took everything in so diligently and joyfully because it was all fresh and exciting. life can easily be like that again, if we take off the goggles of habit.

❤️‍🩹 practicing radical self acceptance

ironically, i was more accepting of my feelings before i started healing, because i always thought there was nothing i could do about feeling bad. now that i have the tools and awareness to help myself feel better, my internal dialogue turns judgmental and critical more easily whenever i don’t feel good. i get frustrated with myself for being out of flow, for not feeling like i think i should or want to. basically, i have lots of feelings ABOUT my feelings. lately i’ve been refusing to indulge those thoughts. whatever i feel, however i am, i accept completely. all is welcome. giving myself permission to feel and be freely i am makes me feel more like myself.

⚪️ unstructured time

i’m a big time blocker - almost all of my day is accounted for at any point in time. even if the time is dedicated to rest, it’s still *dedicated* … lately i’ve been refusing to script my time, and letting intuition and God guide me moment by moment. it’s been a wonderful practice in letting go, and tuning into the present.

💄 taking care of my appearance

after the pandemic, i stopped paying much attention to how i looked. everyone was stuck inside and i was neck-deep in starting my healing journey, so it just wasn’t a priority anymore. and because there was no official “we’re back” moment where covid ENDED, just a gradual return to (mostly) normal life, i didn’t really go back to taking care of my appearance like i did before. even just little things like keeping up with plucking my eyebrows and doing an exfoliating scrub once a week really makes me feel more like myself.

what makes you feel more like you? 🫶

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