I wish I had tips! This hits hard. I also have sulking resentful moments at the thought that being cared for is something else I am responsible for. A more grown up response recently is noticing how many activities I think I *should* be doing because I’ve hung my identity on them (whether they’re taking up time or just guilt energy), and focusing instead on the day at hand and where my attention takes me.
Following my attention has gotten me in trouble lately since I seem to mainly want to pay attention to my pillow, but I'm trying to slow down before I grab the next thing and just ask myself how I feel and what I need. It's not changing much yet, but maybe in time?
As for things I "should" be doing, my body and soul rejected cooking this past spring and I haven't picked it up again. It's so strange, but also so freeing.
I have also been in a big reading slump, and for me audiobooks have been the only thing that have been saving me. And I have recently listened to 20 very cute romance books. They are short, sweet and they make me happy because they are so far away from reality, but they also give me a satisfaction of a good read.
I have been on a few kicks - so Anne Marie Meyer has a lot of series and they are just lovely. Not complicated, easy reading, and sweet. The Red Stilleto Book Club series is where I’d start and then Sweet Tea and a Southern Gentleman series. I also really like Jasmine Guillory By the Book and Royal Holiday. Those would be my first ones ;-) And your writing was perfectly you!!
I wish I had tips! This hits hard. I also have sulking resentful moments at the thought that being cared for is something else I am responsible for. A more grown up response recently is noticing how many activities I think I *should* be doing because I’ve hung my identity on them (whether they’re taking up time or just guilt energy), and focusing instead on the day at hand and where my attention takes me.
Thanks for sharing this.
Thanks for reading!
Following my attention has gotten me in trouble lately since I seem to mainly want to pay attention to my pillow, but I'm trying to slow down before I grab the next thing and just ask myself how I feel and what I need. It's not changing much yet, but maybe in time?
As for things I "should" be doing, my body and soul rejected cooking this past spring and I haven't picked it up again. It's so strange, but also so freeing.
I have also been in a big reading slump, and for me audiobooks have been the only thing that have been saving me. And I have recently listened to 20 very cute romance books. They are short, sweet and they make me happy because they are so far away from reality, but they also give me a satisfaction of a good read.
I may have been underrating romcoms. And cozy mysteries.... just any genre of feel good reading. Any favorites I MUST read?
Also - thanks for getting through the first version of this newsletter! I went in today and fixed grammar and whatnot. It was so messy!!
I have been on a few kicks - so Anne Marie Meyer has a lot of series and they are just lovely. Not complicated, easy reading, and sweet. The Red Stilleto Book Club series is where I’d start and then Sweet Tea and a Southern Gentleman series. I also really like Jasmine Guillory By the Book and Royal Holiday. Those would be my first ones ;-) And your writing was perfectly you!!