Team, I’ve been struggle-busing for the last few days. Some of the stress and emotional labor I’m working through started to manifest in my body, leading to a very lethargic hike after work yesterday and this morning – both with friends where it felt like more energy than I had to just to hold a conversation. So I’m a lot of fun.
This afternoon culminated in the worst headache I’ve had in a while. I nursed it with water, Advil, Diet Coke, and binge-watching Naruto . . . where I had to pause it to take an hour nap(ish) on my chair (with my cat, Arthur, curled up to my chest which was adorable). Overall, not the plans I originally had for my afternoon (I had been thinking a library, looking at my story and writing again, or maybe wrangling a friend to go out to the movies tonight).
But this is a story of turning my day and mood around. At seven o’clock, no less.
After over-hydrating (and over caffeinating), I got dressed for another hike (in some new exercise clothes I bought while I was out earlier in the day, so I was feeling pretty cool in my spandex and new sports bra). I hiked for an hour – enjoying the warm evening air and quieter greenbelt trails, listening to the last leg of a novel on audiobook. Then I did a late night run to the grocery store to pick up ingredients for some easy sides to bring to the two memorial day weekend parties I have in the next two days.
This last hour or so I’ve been making appetizers, blasting Taylor Swift, having a dance party, and cleaning my apartment. It must be the three Diet Cokes, but my energy really did peak later today. And the exercise and energy to execute a mini plan for my evening has cleared up some of the heaviness I’ve been feeling this week.
It’s never too late to have a good day. My recipe seems to be exercise, a dose of home-productivity, and Taylor Swift. Rarely fails.
With Love,
Natalie