Spring Break

It is Easter holidays now, or as some schools call it Spring Break.

I have been thinking about this term “Spring Break” and thinking of it in a different way, rather than just a break from school term, it is a break in the season and a jump into the new Spring season in my mind and mentality.

I feel that it is still Winter in my mind and mindset, and I think that I need a little bit of a shake up in my thoughts and actions. I feel a little bit like I’m in a stagnant pool of water in my thoughts and actions and I need to change it up, and join the fresh flowing mountain spring water instead!

I suppose it is this exact feeling that creates the urge for people to spring clean their houses and their spaces, and I think that is what I need to do. I feel though my house and space is only the tip of the iceberg though – I need to spring clean my systems and my routines and all aspects of my life right now.

Of course, I know for me, this will turn out to be too overwhelming and I will start one or two things and then crumble under the overwhelm. So I am learning that the trick is to start small and build from there. Don’t look at the amount of things that I need to do, or that I want to do – and just start with one thing. One corner, one room, one thing – and make a small change. And let that small change grow.

I have been so so proud of myself this year, if you’ve been following me over on Instagram you’ll know all about it – but between the yoga, the walking, everything I have been so proud of myself for showing up for myself – for doing the things I have said I’m going to do. Now over the past week, I’ve slipped in my walks and my yoga, and in everything really – and I’m very aware of that. The difference this time to any other time though, is that I am not seeing it as all or nothing. I don’t have to have been perfect, I can just do my best and then get back on track when I can.

I listened to the audiobook of “Finish” by Jon Acuff, and one of the main premises of the book is that the most important day in working towards a goal is the day after perfect. And that hit me, and it just made so much sense. I have seen myself so many times over the years throw it all away because I wasn’t perfect, or rather I was perfect right up until the moment that I wasn’t perfect and then it cancelled out all the good that I had done right up until then. So I have that ringing in my head, about just starting back to the walking and the yoga without any judgement or sense of having ruined my progress.

As I look around the house, at all the changes I need to make to make our lives run easier, I want to make changes but I also want to start at the beginning and make sure that I have the foundations strong and I am back on track with the basics! I need to prioritise my yoga, my walking, my food and my work jobs!

Then there is the other side of me tugging saying hey you feel motivated to declutter and change things and tear up things, maybe you should go for that while you’re feeling in the mood for it. But I think from past experience, I tend to run out of steam midway through and actually end up in a worse position!

I’m hoping that my shift in mindset though from the last week of no walks and no yoga, to having got my head in the game and gotten out for a quick walk last night and a few yoga asanas done and now today feeling that change to wanting to be in the flowing stream and not in a stagnant puddle will be the turning point to push me into that Spring feeling of freshness and newness!