Taking Care

OH HEY.

Long time no see! My last post was in November when I shared how we had converted the original dining room into a sitting room, and the original formal living room into our dining room. Since that last post, both of these spaces have seen so much more use than before! I truly believe in "customizing" your house to fit your style. After all, you are the one who is living there! So what if you don't get a return off of a certain upgrade? Does that stink? Yeah. But, did you love it? Then it was worth it. 

To be truthful, not many house projects have been taking place since that last post. As most of you were aware, I had been spending time with Ma, and trying to handle the up's and downs that came with that journey. While I don't see this blog as being the place to get into detail about that type of thing, I will say, I miss her so much. I loved sending her photos of our house to describe the updates we were doing. My aunts would frequently show her on Facebook pictures, as well. She dreamed of making the trip out to our house. I know if she could have, she would. 

Through this experience, it has reminded me and shown me that I do need to take care of myself, too. Hence, the graphic at the top of the post today. House projects that I dreamed of doing over Winter Break didn't happen. I don't regret that one bit, it just means they got pushed back. Now, I am laid out on the couch, enjoying Spring Break. Earlier, I couldn't help but think, "I need a to do list of each day of what I need to accomplish as I only have __ days!!" 

Then, I thought of that quote - "Fall in love with taking care of yourself. Mind. Body. Soul." I need to continue working on taking care of myself. I was thankful I took my fully allotted bereavement leave to grieve and attempt to heal - but none of these house projects happened. Now, with however many days it is for Spring Break, I can't help but think of taking it day by day. Do I want to clean my entire house and clean the bedrooms? Of course. But, I am not going to stress myself out about it. I can't. I have to take care of myself. And, as much as I love schedules, lists, and the look of a list that has been crossed out, I will succumb these to allow time to take care of myself. 

The mess and cleaning will always be there. But, will there always be time available to take care of myself? Learning to be selfish starts here. 

How do you take care of yourself? I'd love to hear ideas of how you do this! :)