Finding Balance

How to take care of yourself while also taking care of others

It has been a rough couple of weeks over here. I won’t go into the details but let’s just say that I’ve been trying really hard to take my own advice. I’ve been telling myself things like:

“Hold on to hope.”

“Look for the glimmers of hope.”

“Don’t be your own biggest critic.”

“Keep going.”

And, it’s hard.

This morning when my alarm went off, I hit snooze about two dozen times. Then my inner chatter started and I really really REALLY wanted to just pull the covers up over my head and hide from the world for 4 more hours. Since it’s school vacation week and my sessions start later on Wednesdays, no one was counting on me to be anywhere or do anything.

But then I remembered what I told someone the other day when they asked me “What do you do to take care of yourself?”

My answer is always the same these days when someone asks me that question. I take care of myself by going to the gym. I pop on my headphones, tune out the world, and focus on me and what my body can do that day.

So, I pulled myself out of bed and went to the gym.