Self-Care

Greetings, Fellow Night Owls❣️

How is your Tuesday night going? Great, I hope. I wanted to take this opportunity to remind my fellow night owls just how crucial it is to take care of oneself. Personally, I have to find time to unwind and do something to take care of myself. Lately, I have been deliberately avoiding going on any news websites because of the overwhelmingly negative state of the world. If the COVID-19 pandemic wasn't bad enough, there have been an increase in mass shootings in the United States and continued warfare in the Middle East. Oh, and I cannot forget the continued unjust shootings against POC (People of Color) and those who are experiencing some form of a mental health crises. Human beings just won't be satisfied until we all wipe one another off the face of this planet. I just don't get why hatred, amongst one another, has to appear to be a necessary part of day-to-day life. I mean, seriously?!? Why is that? Why? Why? Why?!?

Okay, taking a deep breath right now. Just breathe. Tonight, I took some time for some self-care by going to Disneyland for a while. No, not the real Disneyland. I wish. No, I am not able to go to the real Disneyland theme park for many reasons. One of which is that I am not a resident of California and only residents of California are allowed into the park. Nope, I had to settle for the next best thing which is my Disneyland Adventures game for my XBOX 360 gaming system.

I need to escape to Disneyland every once in a while. My avatar character runs around the theme park, and can interact with the most popular Disney characters, which were only in existence at the time that this game was released. There are so many new Disney characters that aren't in this game, which should be a hint to Microsoft to update and release a new version of this game for the XBOX system. But I digress...

What are other ways to provide oneself with some self-care? Do you like to exercise, meditate, write in a journal? Perhaps, go outside when the weather is especially nice and surround yourself in some beautiful nature? Play with your fur-babies? I love playing and snuggling with my purr-babies. I absolutely love waking up to my Precious gem sleeping next to me.

Speaking of waking up, today, I woke up way too early. I am still fighting my sleeplessness, I am kind of still in that foggy state of being.

PLEASE, please, take care of yourselves. Choose love, not hate. Do something nice for yourself, and if you can, do something nice for someone else.