4/25/23: Relax and Get Inspired!

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Hot baths have always been a great activity for relaxation.

Throw in some Epsom salt and it adds a little something more.

Lately though, I have been experimenting with streaming YouTube videos of rain and birds sounds on a bluetooth waterproof speaker right next to my bathtub.

And if some of you like thunder and rain sounds, check this video out!

This is another level of relaxation, folks!

It’s also a perfect opportunity for meditation, which can simply be focusing on your breathing and just observing your thoughts as they come (not judging or trying to control them, etc.) and letting them go.   
This is the newer version of the bluetooth shower speaker I have since the original has been discontinued.

A game-changing tweak I discovered was to submerge my head (while facing upwards) just enough to where my ear canals were submerged but not my eyes.

The calming sounds of rain and birds sounded so much fuller under water that it really helped me block out outside sounds of construction outside, as well as the little humans running around playing in the living room, haha.

A Little Inspiration

”Show me your calendar and your checkbook, and I will show you what your values are.”

This is a potentially life-changing concept: let’s all look at how and where we are spending our precious & limited time and money and see if it truly aligns with our values.

When I did this self-reflection, I discovered that I spent too much time when I got home after work cleaning and organizing instead of playing with my kids before they went to bed.

I was spending about 45-60 minutes of the limited roughly 2 hours of free/play time I had with them every day cleaning instead of being present with them.

Now I only do what is absolutely necessary for the next day like a smelly, full trash bag that needs to be taken out or a load of laundry that has been washed and needs to go in the dryer.

As far as money goes, we realized how much extra money we were spending on personal shoppers fees to have our groceries delivered curbside that we decided to buy our groceries ourselves before/after work and on weekends.

I hope these simple ideas can help you!

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Charlie with Shining Scholar Education
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