Day 224 - A Year to Clear - Check In WEEK 32 - Cultivating Self-Care

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Lesson 224: Check In WEEK 32 - Cultivating Self-Care

The focus has been on self-care for the week. It is important to say yes to self-care and say no to other activities or others that do not serve towards your wellbeing. We need to allow good things to help nourish our mind, body and soul. there is no reason why we can’t make time for ourselves and it’s important that we do. We do not have to feel bad for taking the time out for self. Even though at times we think it might be selfish, it’s not selfish to do what is best for your needs. I feel like more and more these days that people are understanding of the need to take time for self, so there is no reason for you to not pursue practises that are nurturing to you. I spent the whole day today just binge watching TV whilst catching up on my blog posts that I’ve missed. It’s been pretty relaxed and it’s just the way I like it. No obligation to anyone but myself. Remember to always take time out for you.

Day 221 - A Year to Clear - Say Yes To Self-Care

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Lesson 221: Say Yes To Self-Care

Today is all about saying yes to your self-care. Do not feel guilty or bad if you’re not able to help a friend or family member today. Do not feel bad if your household is not in order for today, it’s all about focusing on self right now. If you want to binge TV, do it! if you want to take a nap, do it! If you want to go read in the park, do it! Do something that serves you well and do not focus on others for a day. Is this something you can do?

My Thursday consisted of being taken out by a friend. We went to a lavender farm, a winery and then a chocolate factory. It was a really fun, relaxing day. I did not worry and just enjoyed the Victorian countryside (in Australia) and it was just a lovely day. I didn’t think about what was waiting for me at home. I didn’t worry about anything really and that was a really nice feeling. There wasn’t too much going on in the day but it was nice to get outside, the sun shining and seeing green rolling hills. I felt better that I finally got to see some parts of Victoria that I had never seen before. I don’t have a car, so to have a friend take me out as a birthday gift felt good. If I wasn’t doing that, I actually was just going to binge watch tv or take some extra sleep. I took time away from work just to relax and not have to think about what was going on at work. I am not going away for a holiday or anything like that, but I felt I needed to take this time out as part of my self-care also. I felt like I was getting angry over stupid shitty office politics, that it wasn’t worth being there right now. I don’t even care that I’m using up my annual leave for it as I just needed some time away.

So, I ask you – what are you doing to support yourself in your own self-care?

Day 202 - A Year to Clear - Say Yes To Now

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Lesson 202: Say Yes To Now

“Always say ‘yes’ to the present moment. What could be more futile, more insane, than to create inner resistance to what already is? What could be more insane than to oppose life itself, which is now and always now? Surrender to what is. Say ‘yes’ to life — and see how life suddenly starts working for you rather than against you.”

— Eckhart Tolle

Today is all about being present and just saying yes. What is something that you can say yes to in this present moment without any hesitation? Just do it!

On my Saturday, I got asked to do tarot readings on a day that I don’t usually. I said “I’ll just go with it and go with the flow”. I just said yes more so for the opportunity and didn’t hesitate. I think it helps alleviate the other readers who would be busy that day so it’s a chance to increase my skill and extend my readings out on a busier day. I am trying to see the opportunity in situations when I say yes to things. There is always a chance to learn within reason.

This lesson definitely reminds me of that Jim Carrey movie “Yes Man” because when he said yes to doing everything, it opened him up to new experiences and possibilities. I think when we live in the now, we gain so much. It’s when our monkey mind steers us with doubt and fear, that causes us to question whether it’s a good idea to do the task or not. If we say yes without a moment to think, we are allowing ourselves to be open to many new opportunities. This is what I’m trying to live by. If I don’t like what I just attempted, then I won’t do it again – plain and simple. Got to give it a go before you dismiss it right?