I started 3 days late but for past week and some days I've caught up and I'm right on track. Every day has hit home for me in some way as I'm sure it has for others.
Today's topic? Making time for YOURSELF.
Making time for myself is something I struggle with. I often don't eat dinner because I'm too busy making sure everyone else is fed. I sometimes don't get a lot of sleep because I'm making sure everything is set for the next day and the house is picked up
Here's a paragraph from today's reading:
"We have to fuel ourselves. We have to feed not only our physical bodies to have enough energy to go about the daily tasks and goals that we've set before ourselves but we also need to feed our spiritual, mental, and emotional tanks too.
If a person isn't healthy, whole and refreshed on a daily basis, it will spread over into his/her relationships."
Action steps:
Spend some time making a plan of how you can take care of your needs so that you can take care of the needs of those around you better.
Seeing as how I am not a morning person and I won't be waking up early at all to do anything, I've been making the effort to do/read/take notes from all of my devotional plans on my hour lunch break in my car or at Starbucks lately. It's been really nice to have that quiet hour to myself in the middle of the day.
Unfortunately I really get into what I'm reading and I'm sad that I have to stop. I'd rather stay and read but alas I read as much as I can.
The Mr. is really really good at making me do things for myself or giving me time during the day on a weekend for a few hours nap. That's probably one of my favorite things that I do for myself ha! He's so amazing to make me and give me that time amongst making me do other things.
"Be happy in your hope, stand your ground when you're in trouble, and devote yourselves to prayer."
-Romans 12:12
What do you do for yourself? How do you make time for yourself?
5 comments:
It's hard to make time for yourself. But I agree, it's very important. Not only for you, but for your family as well. I make it a point to spend time everyday exercising. Not only is it good for me physically, but it helps me clear my head :)
Thanks for posting this. I have Been struggling with this lately. I told my mom I can see it affecting my relationships with the hubs and kids. So I'm going to actively start to change this.
Thank you for sharing! I've been getting up a little earlier to have coffee at home and just try to be prepared when the day begins. That's helped some!
I've recently started with She Reads Truth as well, although I'm not working to catch up but just doing it at my own pace. I think that - carving out time for reflection - is the best thing I do for myself.
Gosh, I have seen this and I follow them on twitter and their blog but haven't had time to completely sit down and figure out exactly what it is.
One question I do have, hopefully you can answer. Do I need to have a cool nifty up to date to cell phone to read these?
I really need to make time to read this because what glimpses I have caught are awesome! :)
Oh ya I am on Twitter now too, @BlessedMamaC02 - Wahoo!
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