January and the snuggle is real

January is a month I have always had a love/hate relationship with. I love the still, quiet introspection of winter and struggle with feelings of cabin fever as the days grow colder. The theme that I keep coming back to this month is the importance of staying awake and learning how to power down without tuning-out. How to stay with myself when the urge to hibernate kicks into full gear. It’s knowing the difference between scrolling my phone mindlessly and pausing to check-in with myself to determine what I really need to feel rested and whole?

The answer to that question changes moment to moment, this month it looks like this:

+Sitting with myself in meditation even when my mind and body are resisting.

+Building in extra time for dog snuggles and moments of pause, especially in the morning.

+Connecting with the outdoors in new ways: gazing out a window at the snow falling, or taking time to appreciate the sunset as I walk from my office to my car (where I took this picture).

+Thinking about what I do and don’t want in the year/week ahead and writing it down, without judgement.

+Choosing to chat and spend time with people who feel like sunshine.

+Daydreaming and planning future adventures. Mine include: summer camping and a trip to CA.

+Balancing body movement with body rest and understanding my need for both.

+Breaking my social media & device twitch (currently with the help of the book “Bored and Brilliant” by Manoush Zomorodi who is a muse and queen 🙌.

+Embracing the “do not disturb” setting as a vacation from my phone, or when that doesn’t work, literally stuffing it into my desk drawer until I’m ready to consciously engage again.

+Feeling into gnarly emotions and questions without the need for immediate answers or solutions.

+Reminding myself that I am a grown ass woman who can navigate her own way to happiness, without expectation or the need to please others.

What are you feeling into this time of the year?

xo,

Rebecca