10 COMPONENTS FOR A HEALTHY DAY

Wowza. Holy Smokes. So sorry to leave you hanging like that! I've been thinking about you and trying to get back here with something important to say, but a few big rocks were thrown into my life and I had to figure out how to handle them (I'm still figuring them out). I've made allusions to them before now, and I suspected they were coming, but still... Anyhow, I will tell you this. If I hadn't started a Healthy Day routine, I believe I'd be climbing out of a pit of depression right now. And though a few days could have been classified as "bad" - or maybe just "not so great", I never had to resort to opening my Bad Day Box. It was kind of nice knowing it was there, but each time I checked in with myself I found that I was doing okay. Pretty good, huh? All that self-care is really paying off.

Today, instead of a photo of the contents of the Bad Day Box, I will share a little checklist of things I try to incorporate into every day. I've turned this into a Word Document with space for filling in specifics wherever I see fit - particularly the stressful things that need tending. I think we can all agree that it's satisfying to check accomplishments off a to-do list. Very empowering. Here's the list:

10 COMPONENTS FOR A HEALTHY DAY

1. Eat healthy food and do so while in a healthy frame of mind (Good energy out; good energy in)
2. Drink lots of water
3. Exercise (I try to plan my workout the night before so it's not left to chance)
4. Get fresh air and sunshine
5. Take care of things that cause stress (make those phone calls, clean out that closet)
6. Be grateful and excited (this is huge!)
7. Feed your spirit and mind (read, journal, pray, meditate, practice affirmations)
8. Practice self-care and self-celebration (take health and beauty measures and let your best self shine)
9. Find time to socialize (connect with others; not just on Facebook)
10. Live the life you have imagined by being the person you want to be!

Today my planned workout consists of walking 4 miles before raking and weeding my front yard, although we'll see how far I get with the raking since I'm currently suffering from costochondritis (inflamed cartilage of the rib cage) on my right side. It's like having tendonitis in your chest, so I'll try to figure out if it would be better to clean up my yard (and so avoid the guilt and shame I feel whenever I look outside) or give my ribs another couple of weeks to heal. Maybe there's even a blessing on the way in the form of an able bodied person who loves to rake and can't wait to help me out!

Off to live my healthy, happy, powerful day. Wishing you the same. 

XOXO