What day is today in the Challenge?
Today is day 10! Crazy!!
How did it go?(How many of the daily tasks did you accomplish today?If applicable, how many of the weekly tasks did you accomplish today?)
Today went well. My Great Aunt's funeral was today and my cousins were in town for it. I LOVED having them in town, they spent the night at my place and it was great. Short, but great.
The funeral was nice. Some of the things that were said stayed with me. (There were some points that dragged on, but what can you do. ; ) ) I wasn't very close with this Great Aunt, I knew here and I have memories with her, but that is about it. Death has a way of making me ponder deep feelings and thoughts. It was cathartic to cry and say good-bye.
Anyway,
I got up at 8:30 today (So I slept in/ laid in bed for an hour)
I did my hair and makeup because of the funeral, but I'll still count it.
I brushed my teeth
I went to the funeral then I went to work
I only ate two meals today (forgot breakfast!)
How do you feel physically?
I feel tired. I'm starting to get tired around 9, which is great for my plan for the schedule, but the tiredness isn't as present at 10:30. Ironic, I know.
How do you feel mentally?
I feel tired mentally. I don't feel stressed, just tired. Like I worked hard today and I'm ready to rest. I came home from work and just wanted to veg. So I did, and I have to say that vegging/relaxing after a hard day feels great. I think I've discovered the goodness of relaxing after I have put forth my effort for the day, not avoiding life posing as "relaxing". This was a good reminder to me, to keep up the good work.
How do you feel emotionally?
Emotionally, I feel good. I don't feel a heavy anxiety-ridden burden on my heart, and I don't feel a sense of doom and gloom hanging over my head. I think today was a good day, if only for that. : )
What are your thoughts on the challenge?
My thoughts are that I want to keep doing it. Tomorrow I won't have a funeral or family stuff to do so I can focus on some of the things from my challenge. Something that I have learned in this process is that life goes on, whether there is a challenge in my life or not. I knew that I had commitments like work, etc. But actually doing life things, I think I just forgot about that. Ha. I guess my anxiety/depressive episodes make me forget about the things in life that aren't commitments or obligations, but they are things you do in life and they are okay. Last weekend when I was anxious that I didn't do much with the challenge, it was because I was living my "weekend life". Today I am living my "normal life" (the one where you get up, take care of yourself and then in essence, forget about yourself and work for a good cause.) What an eye opener. My challenge is a good idea, I still think so, but it's so relaxing to not have everything be about me. I'm going to ponder on this more and get back to you with ideas.
Goodnight!
P.S. 1/6 of the way through! Woot!
xoxo!
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