Be Intentional

One of my favorite times of day is early morning. It is quiet, peaceful and the world is still slumbering for the most part. Depending on the time of year, I can catch a sliver of sunrise coming through my window as I try to collect my thoughts. It’s the time of day where I can hear myself think.

We spend so much of our days on autopilot and as a mother, wife and daughter of an aging parent, I get why this can be a good thing. With the amount of things I do, I would not get half of them done if I stopped to think about it all. Still, there are moments where I worry that I’m going to miss out on too much of life because I don’t slow down enough to breathe and reflect on what is going on.

I started yoga and meditation as a way of doing more reflection and quite frankly, taking a sanity break amidst life’s challenges. It has helped so much, but most of all, the biggest difference has been taking the time to be intentional about what I’m doing and why I’m doing it— not with everything but certainly with my own health and wellbeing.

Happy writing this week!