Almost done here...then we can REALLY get down to business... (Day 13)

Day 13: Activity Rewrite your 3 life priorities from yesterday's reflection.

1. My Family

2. My Work

3. My Health- not only physical but mental. Mental health is really important but where I struggle the most. A piece of this priority is fostering my creativity.

Look at priority 1: What is something you need to do daily or weekly to feel fulfilled in priority 1?
Take 5-10 minutes per day to sit and talk with the girls and old Wilson one to one
Less tv
Dinner around the table (Oh, also making dinner at home)

Talk about our days- high/low

Weekends should be less lazy- it's so hard because I'm so drained, but it really bothers me that even playing a board game is too much mental energy. We need to spend time doing something together- going out somewhere, playing a game, something, anything.
Look at priority 2: What is something you need to do daily or weekly to feel fulfilled in priority 2?
Keep work at school- literal work. This is hard because I often have IEPs to review, emails to send, etc. Which should lead to:
Keeping on a schedule at school. Not allowing every little interruption to take up all of my time. Setting specific time frames and STICKING TO THEM.
This includes ideas for helping kids (visuals, worksheets, etc) and the administrative side of things (IEPs, schedules, meetings)
Look at priority 3: What is something you need to do daily or weekly to feel fulfilled in priority 3?
Stick to my diet!

Keep tracking my food

Cook dinner at home (or have Andy cook at home)
Prep meals for school!!!
Eat dinner around the table
Start doing Yoga or walking
Spend time doing what I find creative and fulfilling at home

lettering
drawing

The hard part: Figure out something to do outside the house that will give my brain piece of mind

mani/pedi?
time with sisters?
massages?
hair?

Those activities you specify should be considered non-negotiables - because, remember, they help you feel fulfilled in the areas of life most important to you.

PRACTICE:
Schedule your non-negotiables in your calendar. Treat them as an important appointment that needs to be kept . They take precedence. Because without them, what is work really for?

At this point, I'm going to stop blogging. I'm going to ~~ignore~~ honor but move past the anxiety I have being so behind on this self-care process (isn't it Ironic? Don't you think?)and get out the 6th!!!! planner I've bought this year (have an issue, I'm ok with it) and schedule my priorities RIGHT NOW.

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