What are you doing this weekend to take care of yourself?
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2018 7:47 am
If you're in the U.S, in addition to the general wave of stressful badness we're staring down the very likely outcome of someone who committed sexual assault being confirmed for a seat on the supreme court in spite of many, many, many people trying to prevent it. For a lot of us, that's going to feel so deeply awful (if you're an assault survivor yourself, Heather even made a space on the boards where you can come and get support about any stuff these hearings have brought up for you: http://www.scarleteen.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=7915 )
So, it's important that we take time to do things to care for ourselves (and each other) and nurture the parts of our lives that make us happy. That's not to say we can't, or shouldn't, feel angry, sad, exhausted, or things like that. Only that it's good to make time for things that bring us relief from those tough feelings to avoid burning out completely.
I'm going to have an old horror movie double feature tonight (my library has a cool service called Kanopy that lets me stream a bunch of movies for free) and maybe have some tacos. And this weekend I'm going to decorate the house for Halloween and try making fondue at home.
How about you?
So, it's important that we take time to do things to care for ourselves (and each other) and nurture the parts of our lives that make us happy. That's not to say we can't, or shouldn't, feel angry, sad, exhausted, or things like that. Only that it's good to make time for things that bring us relief from those tough feelings to avoid burning out completely.
I'm going to have an old horror movie double feature tonight (my library has a cool service called Kanopy that lets me stream a bunch of movies for free) and maybe have some tacos. And this weekend I'm going to decorate the house for Halloween and try making fondue at home.
How about you?