After an up and down week and pretty down Thursday (we’re all on this journey together, right?), I felt much happier all day yesterday. Not necessarily less stressed, but more equipped to handle it.
I’ll attribute this to a couple things:
- Getting out to run even though it was rainy and muddy and feeling accomplished that I did my usual route in not ideal conditions.
- Dressing up.
I wore a new outfit, put on lipstick, and let that small difference in energy carry me throughout the day. There was another day a few weeks ago where I felt too dressed up and had to put on yoga pants to feel more like myself, but yesterday feeling more like myself meant getting dolled up — even though I would be the only one who would see it.
I don’t have a magic formula for getting through all of this, but I do know this is the time to pull out all those habits and mindfulness practices and try them on one by one until one fits on a certain day. Some days that has meant feeling teary all day and others it has meant dancing around my living room laughing.
I wish there was a playbook, but the best one I’ve ever found is to do the best you can, and when you can, do better.
I’m wearing the same dress again today. There are no rules here.
With Love,
Natalie