Just a Little Update

Hi! Just popping in today with a few little updates from me. Nothing too exciting, it’s more of a “hello! how are you?” than anything else.

+ I have been taking baths almost every single day. It’s fast becoming a nightly habit for me. Sometimes I leave the lights on and read. Other times I turn the lights completely off, light a few candles, and meditate. Hamilton isn’t quite sure what to make of the whole bathtime thing; he’s tempted to jump right in with me! If you’re looking for the best bubble bath, you can’t beat L’Occitane’s Lavender Foaming Bath.

+ Speaking of reading, I was in such a reading rut for the past two months. I was reading one book that I could not, for the life of me, get into. Usually, when I start reading something, I finish the book even if I don’t like it. But I was stuck on it and decided to table it (for now) and pick up something else. To get back into the habit, I committed to reading every day for the next 30 days, even if it’s just a few pages at the end of the long day. (I’m also counting audiobooks for this since I’ve been spending so much time in the car.) Right now I’m reading Only Time Will Tell (my mom recommended it!) and listening to The Magician’s Assistant. You can follow all of my reading on my Goodreads!

+ My trainer teaches our class at 11 am every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. He recently added a “trigger point rolling” 30-minute class before it, and it’s been amazing to learn how to use a foam roller to work out sore muscles. I love to do it before class and after. I also love using a yoga ball to work out some of the tension I have in my back.

+ I got the new Apple Watch! I’m going to do a full blog post about it because I love it so much but just wanted to throw that out there.

+ Oh, I’ve also been watching Sex and the City. I had watched a few episodes here and there if it was on television and I saw the movie. But I hadn’t watched the whole series all the way through. Why have I waited so long?! I’m kind of obsessed with the whole show. It’s so funny how some of the styles, although the very late 90s/early 00s, have come back in fashion. Anyway, I’m hooked on it right now. (I’m also definitely a Miranda. 🙄)

+ Am I crazy for starting to think about my goals for 2018 already? Last year, I started working out in October, and I liked getting a head start on it so when the calendar rolled over I was already two months into the good habit. I am still in brainstorming mode about what I want to focus on though. Do you guys have any new goals on your horizon?

+ The rest of my travel for the year is pretty much booked right now. I’m in DC next week for a Meet and Greet at the Tuckernuck store (Thursday night, hope you can make it!), then maybe Philadelphia for a quick overnight trip, Tampa for Thanksgiving, possibly Nantucket for the Stroll, then my family is coming up here to visit, and then back to Tampa for Christmas! Having accomplished so much travel this year, it feels nice knowing I’m going to familiar places for the last two months. I got hit with a wave of homesickness last week and didn’t really realize how much I was craving going home. Having my flights booked for Thanksgiving made me feel so much better!

+ One thing I’ve been having a lot of fun with is my Youtube channel! Doing video is a complete 180 from writing blog posts, but it’s been a fun muscle to flex. Adds a new layer of planning and strategy into my week though. I think with every passing video, I learn something new and feel better about the next week’s.

+ I mentioned this in passing a little while ago but wanted to touch on it again. I have almost entirely been taking the weekends off, and it’s unbelievable how much of a difference I feel in myself. I used to work all weekend long, and then I started cutting back significantly. I still put in an hour or two of computer time on Saturdays and Sundays, but otherwise, I’m largely disconnecting. It’s a double-edged sword as a blogger though. It means I’m giving up two days of potential “content.” While I may still put up an Insta story or two, I make an effort to put my phone away and step back from sharing. I might be (definitely am) hurting my business by doing this, but I’m mentally so much happier carving out that time to just walk away from everything for 48 hours. I could feel myself getting close to burning out and now I feel like I have a healthy balance of being “on” for social and “off” for my well-being.