I did something cute the other night for the 30 day challenge, I tucked him in. Our sleep schedules are vastly different, he always falls asleep hours before I do. Usually I’ll stop what I am doing and snuggle for a few minutes til he goes asleep then get back to my writing. I’m a night writer ha!
Future Self Journal. I forgot to start the day with a fruit today. Obvs. But I did dance to youtube videos and play solitaire instead of snack last night. Celebrating those little successes.
For Christmas last year, the kids bought me a spendy dream book workbook. It starts out heavy, with deep, thoughtful question right from the first page. I actually yelped and put it away. Apparently for a year.
I read an article, long ago, about new habit building. It argued that to build a new habit, you must first reconcile with the fact that you must give something up to gain something. After all, there was something you were doing with your time that must be given up to make room for new.
I listen to the winds making my very warm home creak in protest, the same winds that will keep me up, as I sleep in a very warm comfortable house, surrounded by people I love and who love me back.