We have been walking every single day for the past 4 days....sounds like a small number, but with Lupus it's a miracle. And every day I wake up expecting to not be able to more. The first few mornings were the worst. Honestly I almost didn't make it to the bathroom on day 2. I notice for me I am getting enormous inflammation around my hip joints, shoulders, elbows and hands. My feet and legs are surprisingly totally fine, which leads me to believe that the amount of walking I'm doing my body can tolerate from a structural point. It's just the swelling triggered by the repetitive movement from the walking. I can push through all that, I wont get much else done, but at least I will be consistently exercising and chugging along until my immune system decides to take a chill pill. I have been increasing my water, not skipping on my supplements, taking my CBD oil and rubbing down with essential oils like turmeric, oregano and frank. I've also been adding a healing meditation along with a typical meditation I normally do and have been hitting the hay earlier. So, that's my attack on getting rid of the Lupus weight I've had packed on for the past 10 years. Excited for 2019... what about you?
I decided while on our RV trip that when I got back home I wouldn't be doing anymore Mondays. I mean honestly who Likes Mondays? So, I have decided that Mondays are going to be kind of like "warm up" days. So, that I can gear up for the other 4 days and following weekend.
My weekends look like this: big family breakfasts, movie marathons, game fests and a mad dash around the house picking up messes. So, on Mondays I used to drag around and beat myself up for not being productive enough. Not, anymore! I make sure that the important things are accomplished like feeding my Family and my Soul. Then I make sure the kids Read, complete some sort of project or chore like Mahala just finished cleaning her bathroom from top to bottom. And I make sure I'm organized and ready to go for the next 4 days of school and complete any phone calls, emails or assignments I'm working on.
This change has given our Home a more relaxed atmosphere and I have found that we are so productive the rest of the week. I enjoy lighting candles, listening to music and slowly move into full force by Tuesday. Tomorrow I plan to prep my Nature Journal for September, make some phone calls, work on a review that includes Pirates and Grammar, double check my school supplies needed for Mahala this coming week and read books with Kaden along with his sensory time. Anything else that happens is just gravy....mmmmm gravy, speaking of that I have my recipe for my country sausage gravy coming up in a few days. :)
The cool thing is, that other things do happen, they happen naturally. And I love that, so by taking the pressure off of our Mondays we tend to accomplish a whole lot and still feel less stress and more satisfied at the end of the day. How do you handle Monday Mornings???
Meditation has been apart of my life for three years now. It came in around the time that I was dealing with some pretty intense Family and Health issues. I remember the first few times I struggled with letting go and relaxing. It was so unnatural for me to clear my mind, focus on myself and being present. It was like I had this fear of being still in my own skin, what will happen when all the walls are down and I'm at one with the here and now? Well, I'll tell you....I found a calming peace and was able to let go of the tension I carried in my shoulders and base of my head. I was able to focus on my breathing and clear my mind from anything that wasn't positive in my life.
