The Day

Have you ever had a day where you just want to cuddle back into bed, read, sleep, relax? Ok, who am I kidding? We all have those days. I hate when these days creep up on me at a time when I have a lot to get done. Like take today for instance. It is cloudy, gloomy, cold, and my bed is so warm and cozy and I just want a day to myself. What's really making this difficult to ignore is the pain on the right side of my neck and the body stiffness from sleeping weird. Excuses really. Excuses not to work or take care of the house.

Procrastination. I should get another coffee. I am jam packed on my meeting schedule today from 9-4, that makes it even worse trying to dig up some motivation.

This whole "non-striving" method is definitely working for me. It is such a weird concept, however it is really helping with my stress levels of trying to get everything done. On a day like today, I just take it in stride, I accomplish one task and then move to another with ease, even if I would rather be laying in bed LOL. At least I can be in my PJs all day and don't have to dress up, plus there is no commute and I got to enjoy breakfast with my family. Always a silver lining to an otherwise grey day.

Off to the kitchen to make another coffee, fill my water, and take the chicken out of the freezer.

Ok I'm back. I also grabbed some frittata I made the other day. Dan got up this morning and jumped on the treadmill. We were talking the other morning berating ourselves for having no energy in the morning to get up early and exercise. I generally exercise during the day, my lunch hour, because I can't fathom getting up at 5am. I used to be a morning person and then I had a kid. I do get 8 hours of sleep a night, maybe that's too much? Actually I know if I exercised more I would actually have more energy.

Can I tell you a secret? Sometimes I rationalize not working out hard now because we may be trying for a new baby. Why try to "get in shape" when I'll just be housing a baby and gaining a ton of weight. We only want two kids, so I always think in the back of my mind "don't try to get in shape now, wait until you're done having kids and then go all out". I don't have to wait to exercise until after I have a baby. If anything I really have to exercise before, during, and after baby. It's about being health and maintaining my health. Ugh. Why does the mind have to be such a powerful tool?

Swimming in this Sea of Life,
La Sirena