I Really Need To Get Away For A While

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Feel Good Project day 16

Like clockwork, my digestion was the funkiest it’s been since last Saturday. What a bizarre but I believe, explainable pattern.

Every Friday afternoon and into the evening, my body seems to feel a bit off, and last night (Friday) through today (a 10 hour Saturday work day at salon) was no exception.

Although my clients were pretty much all lovely and enjoyable today (praise!) I just realize week after week how much my heart has not been in my work for SO long.

I happened upon a journal of mine while cleaning out a closet the other day, and in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 I had written about how I was needing to find something more fulfilling to my soul.

It seems like some people hang on longer than others. I know friends who have known that change was needed and they sit on that idea for months and then make a bold move. I know people that act on their impulses much faster, in a matter of days even.

WHY do I feel stuck on the spin cycle all these years?

It’s probably because like most people-we get suckered into thinking we need things we can’t afford and then we are locked into making a certain amount of money to pay those things off, causing slavery of our hearts. How can we find (much less pursue) our TRUE passions and life purposes when we are empty, in debt, sick, stressed and poor?

Being made VERY aware awhile back that I need to make changes in my life, I have decided to get away again this year to a solitude retreat to have my version of a vision quest.

While I know the general idea of where I believe life is leading me, I am needing to get away from the noise, the distraction and the everyday habits that pull me away from listening to my HEART.

Being alone with myself-TRULY alone-is the only time I think I have ever ‘really’ heard my heart speak in such a clear manner. That is a sad state of affairs as those times are so very few in life, way too few in my opinion.

I am so very excited to get out into nature this coming week, armed with books and workbooks to help me along on my path to my heart.

Just the thought of knowing I will be going kept me energized throughout the long haul today, which I am super grateful for. Last November when I embarked on my first solitude retreat, it was so impactful that I vowed this would be a yearly trek for me. Ideally, it will be once every change of seasons in the future.

The intention of this retreat is to have no intentions actually. To just BE. To open myself up to what I need to hear through my being still and listening, while passing no judgement with whatever comes my way.

I am excited to see what surfaces for me while I am away, and just KNOW this is going to be good. Soul nourishment is a category I have added to the prescription I had written for myself (thank you Lissa Rankin from her book Mind over Medicine) a few months back in regard to what I need to get better and heal.

FEEL GOOD MOMENT OF THE DAY: I woke extra early this morning (although I had gone to bed way too late last night for my liking) to make sure I had proper time to care for ME before going to serve the public all day. I also LOVE The fact that it was chilly outside which makes me so very happy! With this precious couple of hours before work, I managed to make get soup going in the slow cooker for dinner tonight, prepared and assembled all of my food to take for the long day ahead of me, took Maggie on a longer than usual beach walk, took a proper shower, did all the dishes in the sink and drank tons of water to start out my day right!!!! I am realizing on long work days, self care is even more important than non-work days to get me through with a better attitude, smile, and healthy feeling about life! It was SO worth waking up extra early for. 🙂

What’s your feel good moment for today?

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