This year I will nurture myself with...

Oh, I've been away so long! This is such a nourishing practice, I need to resume it. So it goes. Today's Daily Prompt is perfect for that.

Yes! Continuing to learn to nurture myself is what I'm all about right now. I have made strides during this intense transition period I've been in and I'm encouraged. I'm much more in touch with my inner self and I must continue this exploration. I need to continually answer the question that Liz Gilbert posed to herself in "Eat Pray Love", "What do I really, really, really want?" (She indicated that it's critical to have all three of the reallys...and I agree.) The surprising thing is how less than clear the answers are.

And it's important, so important, to nurture a continual reminder that I already have so much of what I want! I can be happy now. My happiness isn't dependant on any other person or circumstance - like owning a home again, for instance. I can be happy right now. And, the majority of the time, I'm delighted to report, I am.

So I want to nurture that perspective. AND, like Kathy Johnson shared with me yesterday, chant the mantra in my inner voice. "I am enough. I have enough." For real, it's true.

Whatever I end up really doing or accomplishing this year, is okay. But here's a few thoughts
--Keep Keep Keep up with honoring my body: Eat well and exercise alot. It's the foundation of so much else in the feel-good department! Be open and experiment with new ways to do it, to cook new foods, to record diet and exercise in OCD fashion, whatever makes me actually engage in the activity.
--Face the fear about looking for a new job. Even if I decide I don't want to do it, I'd like to get past the fear that comes up when I consider steps such as formulating answers to interview questions, remembering what the hell I accomplished at Adobe :), potentially not being able to remember something in an interview and bombing. So What! I will be stronger if I go through the process. I will grow. Growth rarely comes without going through some pain. (Hell, I should GET that one by now.)
--Have fun with creative outlets and knock off the expectations about tying them up with neat little bows. Do what you feel like doing and enjoy the process! Besides the journaling, blogging, knitting, sewing, crossstich, scrapbooking, card making, photo fooling already in various states of completion, give yourself permission to explore poetry more and maybe even some painting!
--Plan for and enjoy the 2 state bike rides I'm signed up for and the 40th High School reunion I'm coordinating!
--Most of all, carve out time to be still. To reflect. To Be.