WineDown Wednesday: Sunshine Walks, Book Club Struggles, and a Monthly “ME Day”

Hey hey hey welcome to Wednesday!!!! How is your week going? Mine is great, life has been good. My girls have officially made me their on-demand hair stylist, lol. I understand this from my youngest daughter, but my middle daughter........by her age, I was my own hair stylist. I told her she needed to practice more since she is about to be leaving in a year and a half (whew, I had to take a deep breath typing that). Today is so gorgeous out! The sunshine has felt amazing. I still have a little bit of time left to go for a walk, and I think I am going to do it.

I am behind on my reading.......but that's ok, I'll catch up. I wish I could make an excuse, but the bigger problem is one of the current books I am reading. Our book club voted for this book, keep that in mind its important, and we have all been struggling with finishing this book. I have a little over 100 pages left, we are meeting Sunday at noon, and I am just continuing to buckle down to get it done. This book is so slow! Long story short, the character sold her soul because she didn't want to marry a man in her village. She gets to live for however long she wants without having to be attached to anything, and when I say I have felt all 300 years of this life she has lived........I have felt them. I am not going to go on because I feel like the way I would explain the book would make it sound interesting, and you might get sucked in.......trust me, you do not want to read this book.

The other book I'm currently reading, "Drink Water and Mind Your Business......", has a chapter devoted to adults and pleasure. I know I thought the same thing, however.......it is speaking of adults being involved in actions that truly bring us joy and happiness. The author reflects on childhood, and how, as kids, we would spend HOURS outside, carefree, jump roping, climbing trees, playing kickball, riding bikes, and all the other nostalgic childhood activities you were involved in. When was the last time you spent a day (outside of a vacation) doing things that make you truly happy? Could you spend a full day every month doing what truly makes you happy and be stress-free? What does that day look like?

I know I am bad about self-care, it's one of the character "flaws" I discovered about myself as I read this book. I will let a lot of time go by before I take time for myself, especially if I feel like I am behind......which is most of the time, go figure. My goal is to set a day, once a month, that will be MY day. Truly devoted to myself. The biggest problem......where does that day exist? I might have to throw a dart at the calendar, and whatever day it lands on will become my day every month. And now the challenge........you do it too. 😎

DS Alexander Valley

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