For the past week, I’ve given myself total permission to flake out. Do nothing. Be completely unproductive. Sit by the ocean and stare, all the while creeping out the locals. Sit in sunbeams and pretend I’m a cat. Whatever I felt like. I have drunk inordinate amounts of tea and eaten inordinate amounts of homemade [...]
Tag Archives: self care
Cocooning
September 3, 2009 – 8:26 am
I feel an overwhelming urge to cocoon coming over me. I feel like I need to retreat, nurture and drink excessive amounts of retreat tea*. I need to bring myself back to life. *Retreat tea: the feelings that you get when you go on a retreat, except in tea form. Geniusly come up with by [...]
T-minus 31 days: Something's gotta give
June 17, 2009 – 9:35 am
Despite yesterday’s flippant comments about Billy Connolly curing creative burnout, my flippancy masked a deeper problem. I was absolutely killing myself with my work load. By the time 9pm rolled around last night, I was so tired, I was close to throwing up. Not good. I went to bed, and slept badly till I dragged [...]
How to take care of yourself when life is crazy
May 26, 2009 – 8:51 am
It’s not pretty is it? Taking care of myself amidst the chaos A few of you who commented on my post yesterday about the potential erraticism of future posts kindly pointed out that I need to make sure I take care of myself, even if my life gets hectic. I want to say thank you. [...]
