Hello hello Team Making Space!
I hope that you are feeling a little wiggle room in your day and/or you can give yourself a little wiggle room later.
This may be a good time to revamp your list of tasks and activities that you have planned for the next while and see if anything can be shifted, changed, discarded, or resized.
It may also be a good time to check if you have included enough fun or soothing or restful activities over the days ahead.
And, yes, I know it can be tricky to undertake both of those processes but even a five minute look at your list might be enough to make a difference.
Personally, I always find that deciding NOT to do something from the ‘if I have time’ part of my list or doing anything that closes an open loop creates a lot of mental space.I hope you can have the same result.
So, on to our videos for today!
I just loved the friendly energy from the instructor, Panida Klintong, in this Energy Boost Routine from Brain Education TV and I hope you will, too.
If your brain feels a bit too crowded to try the process I suggest above, perhaps this 5 minute Declutter Your Mind Meditation from Mindly will help.
About Making Space 2023:
In December 2020, Fit is a Feminist Issue blogger Martha created a tradition – a series of reminder posts to take good care of ourselves during this last month of the year when it is far too easy to get swept up in your to do list, no matter what you are celebrating or not celebrating.
In 2021, I started doing daily December reminders with a post called Give Yourself Some Space, and that’s how the ‘Making Space‘ December tradition began. Throughout December 2021 and 2022, I wrote a short post that included two videos – one for exercise and one for meditation – and a bit of encouragement for you to make space for yourself at this busy time of year.
These posts are not about cramming more things into your month, they reminding you that there IS a *YOU* who is doing all of the things and that you are worth taking good care of.
Perhaps the things I suggest aren’t what you need at the moment. That’s totally ok. Perhaps you can use something else to create some space, something that will help you feel more relaxed or more in charge of your day. Just do whatever you can to give yourself a little more breathing room.
Personally, I am trying to Finish 2023 Soft so I am putting conscious effort into resting whenever I can. My overjangled nervous system needs a chance to unjangle and that process may look different every day.
So, some of these posts may be long and some may be short but please know that every single one of them is written with the hope that you can find a little ease in your day, whatever that looks like for you.