Solitude & Sereni.tea

First of all the really good new, I have no pain. It’s all gone. I am still moving slowly, but nothing hurts. So my plan to ditch exercise this week, and instead concentrate on getting extra rest and stretch at least twice a day really helped. And so I am going to continue on my plan of spending 90 minutes outside exercising. Starting this afternoon, when I return to walk a sizable section of the Vancouver seawall. I really can’t wait to get out there and smell the salt air, and feel the sun on my face.

Now the reason for this post. I have decided to make Sunday a “whatever happens, happens” kind of day. This is my chance to get off the self-care schedule and just tune into what my mind, body, and spirit needs. Kind of an intuitive check in. It’s a bit of a test to see what has become a habit. But it’s also an opportunity to say- I need something else today. So I am giving the self care a pass, and making other things a priority today.

So I thought I would document my day – just to see how important self-care has become.

7:30am. Wake up. I actually woke up at 6am but decided I needed an extra hour of sleep. Sleeping in a little makes me happy. And I feel good. ✔️

7:40am I discover that there isn’t any milk, so no coffee today.

7:45am Make a greens smoothie. No milk needed for this. It looks ugly, but it tastes pretty good, and its good for me. ✔️

8:00am Write in my gratitude journal. ✔️

8:10 am Wrote my morning pages. But I struggled to write a full 3 page, so I also pulled some tarot/oracle cards – my cards being in the photo above. ✔️

9:00 am Stretched, all my pain is gone this morning. And I suspect this activity is the reason for it. ✔️

10-11:45am Showered, skincare, hair care, got dressed, took vitamins, made a meal plan for the week, and added a new element to my self care calendar for the week. ✔️

12 -1:30pm Attended a financial wellness for women webinar. Got some good tips. And decided that I will need to add a financial element to my self-care practice. ✔️

The rest of the afternoon will be devoted to getting me outside. So that means finishing up this blog post, packing up my little “going outside” bag, and finding my running shoes (I have no idea where I hid them). I can’t wait to feel that sun on my skin.

But before I do that. Let’s talk a little bit about tarot and oracle cards. Do you use them? How do you use them? Like I said, I use mine for a bit of clarity when I am journaling and I get a little stuck. But I also ask for general guidance or a specific question about a situation that is bothering me, and I usually get an answer. Sometimes the answers aren’t always clear and I have to journal a little longer to figure out what the card is telling me. I rarely read the meanings of the tarot card – but I know the 8 of wands means swift communication is coming, and the Queen of Wands is charismatic, and mysterious and magical and a little dark -and I think this one is specifically speaking to self-acceptance and self love. But that Freedom card. Holy did that one light a fire under me today. I wrote and wrote and wrote and wrote about all the types of freedom that apply to me. -and what I need to do. And there is a lot to do. Anyway, tarot/oracle cards really spark one of my core values, which is curiosity. I don’t always understand what the mystical/metaphysical/spiritual worlds are trying to tell me, but I am always listening.