put the energy somewhere: my go-to's
- a long late-night walk
- always shower + stretch before bed
- crying, reading, handwriting to exhaustion
- a nighttime routine that includes tea
- counting down from 10 again and again
- same song on repeat (lullaby)
- early morning sun and watch the sunset
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figuring out the small things i can do that i know will make me feel at least 5% better has been so helpful to build momentum throughout my day.
some of mine:
groggy -> coffee, go outside and walk around, or a mini nap
lethargic/irritable -> taking a shower and deep breaths, opening a window
sad -> get sunlight, stand outside for ten minutes, hug my cat
anxious/unable to focus -> writing a brain dump of everything that’s on mind or cbt journaling
unable to sleep -> reading a book
bored -> create/output something (input(watching/listening to/reading something, scrolling on my phone) vs output(making something, writing my thoughts on something i watched, trying something new))
bloated -> ginger tea, activating pressure points, yoga
uninspired -> revisiting something formative, figuring out the unexplored territories in my taste and going into them, looking through my collection of art books
Oct 19, 2024
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I’m not gonna get into my whole night routine but know that I am a mother of two young children and while that makes it harder to do some kind of wind down nightly ritual, it is not impossible. I will note that because of our work schedules, we are working during normal dinner time, so I make dinner in the afternoon and usually eat that big meal early and have more of a lunch kind of situation later.
My projection is that everybody hates when I recommend meditation, but I recommend it because it actually works. You don’t have to do it for a long time, but doing a guided meditation for even five minutes can help Relax your mind and body. Yoga can be very meditative while also moving your body, so kind of a two birds one stone situation with that.
I’m a big water person so a shower and bath will immediately relax me. Journaling at night has at time been very useful, or laying down and listening to an album. I actually just recently started using a sound machine that plays a thunderstorm because I felt it helped my 5 month old and we all like it.
What is your day like that you are going to the point of exhaustion and then passing out? Are you not scheduling time outside of work to have to yourself? Are you psychologically emotionally avoiding feeling things so you don’t actually want to relax? A nightly ritual doesn’t have to be longer complicated, just different from what you’re doing the whole rest of the day.
Building new habits and changing your routine is hard. Start small and don’t bite off more than you can chew. Start by changing one thing and once you have that down, add in or take away something else.
Sep 8, 2024
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1) Closing your eyes for ten minutes.
2) A longer shower in silence.
3) Meditating on the couch for twenty minutes.
4) Daydreaming by staring out of a window.
5) Sipping warm tea before bed in the dark.
6) Slow dancing with yourself to slow music.
7) Experiencing a Sound Bath or other sound healing.
8) A Sun Salutation.
9) A twenty-minute timed nap.
10) Praying.
11) Crafting a small altar for your home.
12) A long, warm bath.
13) Taking regular breaks from social media.
14) Not immediately responding to texts and emails.
15) Deep listening to a full music album.
16) A meditative walk in nature.
17) Knitting, crocheting, sewing, and quilting.
18) Playing a musical instrument.
19) Deep eye contact.
20) Laughing intensely.
- from Tricia Hersey in Rest Is Resistance
Mar 3, 2024
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