It seems that as you get older you have less and less time to spend by yourself. There are moments for you to unwind, watch some mindless tv, and clean out your inbox, but what about the moments for yourself.
It's so important to make time for yourself during the day. That time of the day where you take a moment to write down your thoughts, meditate, draw/paint, read a stimulating book, or anything that brings you back to center. When we become to tired, aka too lazy, to make time for ourselves, it throws us off track. It stops the creative flow, energy levels lower, and personal confidence plummets.
I am totally guilt of this, my life is so fast paced that when I come home all I want to do is sit down and do nothing. The outcome of that is that I feel less inspired and motivated from the lack of reflection/creative time. Whereas if I had taken the time to finish that book I was reading, complete that drawing, or meditate I would have finished off the day feeling even more accomplished, energized, and grateful.
Even if you can only give 10 minutes a day to yourself its enough, here are some ideas of how to spend your free time:
- Write in a Journal.
I suggest actually writing rather than tying on to an online journal. The acting of writing furiously onto paper all of your thoughts feels much more releasing. - Have a bubble bath
- Painting
The colors! The brushes! The canvas! The mess! But most of all, the end result. - Reading
Make sure its something stimulating. Something that makes you stop, think, ponder, feel. I love philosophy and self-help books. But fiction can help to brighten your imagination and biography's can inspire. - Meditating
- Scrapbook or make a LookBook
- Drawing
Unleash your inner artist! - Take a walk.
- Writing/Reading Poetry
Unlock your emotions. - Exercise
- Facial + Mani/Pedi
- Knit/Crochet
This feels like another form of meditation, haha. - Play a instrument.
- Learn something new.
(language, religion, culture, instrument, dance move, ect.)
And those are just a few examples! There are so many other ways of spending raw, real, rewarding (RRR) time with yourself.
How do you spend your alone time?
xo Fennec
