New month, new goals, new intentions.
I’m very ready for a new start this month. This past week has been a bit rough — I ended up at my doctor in Westchester with some mysterious symptoms. I’m still not sure what’s been wrong with my body or why it wouldn’t stop breaking out in hives. But at the very least I’m taking it as a sign to step back and listen to my body.
I’m going into March with this in mind. Many of my intentions have to do with listening to my body and not overcommitting myself to too many things. Easier said than done, right?
MARCH INTENTIONS
Use spring break as a mini retreat
I’m not heading anywhere over spring break (except to Westchester at some point because my dad is having surgery to repair a torn achilles). My goal is to make the most of the week I have off from school and use the downtime as a mini retreat.
One of the reasons I love to travel is because it’s a change of pace from my usual go-go-go life. Slowing down even the slightest bit allows me to reflect on how things are going. It creates space for me to see things more clearly. And most of all it’s when I get my best, most creative ideas.
So even though I’m not heading out of town I’m doing my best to really scale back with my commitments that week. I also want to take the time to do some heavy duty journaling and reflecting. Okay and I kind of want to catch up on sleep…
Don’t be afraid to say NO
I hate saying no. Whether it’s a blog opportunity. A friend asking if I can hang out last minute. Someone asking me to sub one of their classes at work. And don’t get me wrong, I want to say yes. But sometimes saying yes means I’m over commiting myself.
Put my phone on airplane mode when I’m in bed.
I use my phone as an alarm clock. Before I go to sleep I’m totally guilty of aimlessly scrolling instagram and texting back and forth with Jeremy. Instead I should put the damn phone away so I can read and go to bed.
In January I started putting my phone on airplane mode once I crawled into bed. It made SUCH a difference — I was no longer tempted to text, scroll or look up some random facts on my phone while I was reading. BUT I haven’t kept up with the habit lately.
Listen to your body.
Okay, body, I get it. You’re pissed off at me about something. Between my hip injury and the mystery ailments of this past week I feel like my body has been giving me the message to slow down. All the more reason why I need my spring break retreat.
Focus on the NOW and not what’s next.
I’m nervous about what happens after this semester ends. I’ll basically be done with grad school and therefore need to figure my life out. Oh crap.
It’s hard. And I mean REALLY hard. But I’m trying to focus on now and not what’s next. It’s this delicate balance of feeling like I need to set some plans in motion now so they are already happening in May. But I also have a tendency to get ahead of myself. And then I start freaking out about the future.
I don’t have the perfect answer to what comes next. If anything I just know what I don’t want to happen after grad school. But I’m doing my best to focus on now instead of focusing so heavily on the future.
What intentions are you setting for March?
Leave a Reply