Well, hello December!
Eighteen days in, and I'm just starting to cop that it isn't really the beginning of the month anymore. It's the middle of the month. Borderline LATE.
So, how have I been doing with my challenges?
Oil Pulling
I have been so negligent in this! And it's doubly silly of me, as I have been having some serious tooth pain this month. Coconut oil would help! I know it would! And still... I have oil pulled twice this month. Maybe three times.
Tomorrow teeth! I'm coming for you!
Ditch Bad Beauty Habits
Washing My Face in the Shower
This one was pretty easy to quit. I simply took the face wash out of my shower. Ta da! An esthetician told me that the water temperature we use for showers is way too hot for our faces, and it causes a lot of redness in our complexions. Since redness is a big problem for me, I decided to follow her advice. After a few weeks of washing my face after my shower, I am noticing a more even complexion. However, even though there is less redness in my cheeks, I am breaking out a bit more. My assumption is that this is due to stress rather than beauty habits.
Ditch The Towel Turban
Wrapping your wet hair up in a towel leads to breakage. A great alternative is to use an old t-shirt to soak up extra moisture. It's less damaging to hair than a towel, and doesn't cause breakage, leading to those unsightly little wisps around your forehead.
Yep. I know all that is true.... but the towel is so much more convenient! The t-shirt method requires a loose drape around your shoulders, which slips and falls, and my soaking wet hair drips on my shoulders... shudder. It's unpleasant giving up the towel. But in the weeks since I have, my hair has been smoother and shinier.
Stop Using Q-Tips
Ooops. I forgot about this one. I'll start tomorrow :)
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Yikes.
Oh dear. Ohhhhhh dear.
Well. The past 30 days have been... not great, Bob. Not in terms of life, but in terms of me keeping up with the challenges I've set myself. Throughout November, I did meditate a bit, but it was really more like twice a week, rather than every day.
There were reasons, to be sure. I was traveling for work. I was traveling for pleasure. There were weddings, and late nights, and stress. I worked myself into a ball of crazy over hosting a party at my house.
The real reason? It was hard.
It was really hard making time for myself. I was hard to force myself to sit and breathe, when I wanted to be reading, when there was cleaning to be done, when I was at my parent's house, and my adorable nieces & nephew were in the next room, just waiting to play and be awesome.
Plus, when you sit with yourself for 20 minutes, you have to sit with YOURSELF. That is hard, and scary.
So, the end of November arrived, and I thought, welp, I fucked that month up! Onward to December!
Erm, about that.
Ten days into December, and I haven't started in on my goals for the month. And they were pretty easy! Oil pulling, not washing my face in the shower. I HAVE made an effort to ditch the towel turban, and am now using a t-shirt to lightly dry my hair. So, yay! That's one thing!
I was sort of hoping writing this would inspire me to create a new December goal and jump in. But the truth is... I'm feeling a little blue. Maybe I'll oil pull tonight. I'll continue with the t-shirt. Maybe I'll even mediate.
Or maybe I'll just relax. Tomorrow's another day after all.
Well. The past 30 days have been... not great, Bob. Not in terms of life, but in terms of me keeping up with the challenges I've set myself. Throughout November, I did meditate a bit, but it was really more like twice a week, rather than every day.
There were reasons, to be sure. I was traveling for work. I was traveling for pleasure. There were weddings, and late nights, and stress. I worked myself into a ball of crazy over hosting a party at my house.
The real reason? It was hard.
It was really hard making time for myself. I was hard to force myself to sit and breathe, when I wanted to be reading, when there was cleaning to be done, when I was at my parent's house, and my adorable nieces & nephew were in the next room, just waiting to play and be awesome.
Plus, when you sit with yourself for 20 minutes, you have to sit with YOURSELF. That is hard, and scary.
So, the end of November arrived, and I thought, welp, I fucked that month up! Onward to December!
Erm, about that.
Ten days into December, and I haven't started in on my goals for the month. And they were pretty easy! Oil pulling, not washing my face in the shower. I HAVE made an effort to ditch the towel turban, and am now using a t-shirt to lightly dry my hair. So, yay! That's one thing!
I was sort of hoping writing this would inspire me to create a new December goal and jump in. But the truth is... I'm feeling a little blue. Maybe I'll oil pull tonight. I'll continue with the t-shirt. Maybe I'll even mediate.
Or maybe I'll just relax. Tomorrow's another day after all.
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