#Nourish – The Lefty Writer

GOOD NEWS: We don’t have to sink or swim. We can just float!

SUP we can float

if you’re feeling overwhelmed right now … please be kind to yourself.

Be good company to yourself. Do some inner work, refelction, journaling, and find out more about yourself. List what you hope to change in your life (and what you want to stay the same) when this pandemic slows down and the virus is contained.

If you need a mantra for meditation, I find repeating this phrase over and over is really powerful

“I choose love”

both traditionally at the beginning and end of the day, but also DURING the day when I am running out of patience or feel stress building somewhere in my physical body.

Analyzing your life doesn’t allow you to control it. I’m allowing myself to grieve my losses. And I’m finding meaning inside myself and my own choices.

Meaning isn’t found in the tragedy or pandemic.

Remember: YOU’RE STILL YOU. No matter what has changed recently.

YOU ARE WORTHY.

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What an amazing year. Every month I attended (either in person or virtually) a writing workshop with Story Exploratory. I am so deeply grateful for Jen. I have learned so many wonderful things this year, and not just amazing techniques and skills about writing. But I learned new ways to connect, unlocked personal stories of my own, and grasped just how wonderful writing is, how much I love it and how very much I need writing in my life.

The practice of writing has taught me this year that I don’t want to accomplish everything or have a finished to-do list. I have become more curious. I follow the wonder and am open to new ideas. As we leave this decade and start a new one, the possibilities are endless; what a fantastic time to be alive.

Today we chose our word for 2020.

The word I chose is NOURISH.

I am going to live this year with NOURISH as my intention.

I will nourish my soul by cultivating stillness, quiet, positive energy and gratitude for all that brings me joy.

I will nourish my mind with books, fresh ideas and new experiences.

I will nourish the cells in my body by taking deep breaths and surrounding them with fresh oxygen.

I will nourish the connectedness of all things through the process of writing, making Earth friendly choices and aligning my choices to value those connections. I will notice that even decaying plants nourish the forest and honor that death and endings just mean new beginnings.

I will nourish my relationships by spending quality time with the people I love and striving to become a better listener.

I will nourish my body by decreasing stress, fueling my body with healthy food, drinking water, moving and exercising, getting quality sleep and making time for my body to be spoiled by monthly pedicures.

My body is always working to keep me alive, I will nourish that relationship and love my body back.

I will nourish and respect all life around me by realizing every moment needs to be savored, every moment we are alive is special.

I will nourish habit formation. In the words of Gretchen Rubin “What you do everyday matters more than what you do once in a while.”

I will say NO and NOurish my time and protect it.

As this year comes to a close, I echo Liz Gilbert’s reason for writing: I am here, I took notes. Writing is more than stringing words together, but words matter. I look forward to 2020 where I will undoubtedly find more meaning in the word NOURISH. I am open to what this intention will teach me.