100 Days of Radical Wellness – Day 21
Magic is only a moment away, every single day.
Just around the corner.
A wonderful walk in the woods today was deep, radical wellness for my soul.
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February 20, 2021 | Tags: #100dayproject, #karenikaradicalwellness, #the100dayproject | 100 Days of Radical Wellness | Leave a comment
  Year of Yes – 50
There’s something magical about being near water. Hearing the waves and the wind and smelling the fresh air. It never gets old. So grateful today for time resting, time outside, and time being with my people. Yes to togetherness and serenity. #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes  100 Days of Radical Wellness – Day 20
Decided to give myself a grace day. Maybe that’s part of radical wellness too? #100dayproject, #the100dayproject, #karenikaradicalwellness February 19, 2021 | Tags: #100dayproject, #karenikaradicalwellness, #the100dayproject | 100 Days of Radical Wellness | Leave a comment
 Year of Yes – 49
I love routine and for the most part I think that’s a really good thing. Routine allows me to create an intentional life and spend time on what matters most to me and what I want to improve. Routine makes it easy to show up and easy to get things done. And yet it also makes it easy to get stuck in a rut. Doing the same things again and again doesn’t give me the time to take a step back and evaluate. This is where a change of scenery helps the most. A new place, a change in routine, a new perspective. For someone who loves being home as much as I do, it can be really hard to go on vacation. And yet time away is always helpful. Every single time. Yes to taking time away. Yes to rest. Yes to the woods. #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes  100 Days of Radical Wellness – Day 19
Part of what I want to work on during this journey with radical wellness is small tweaks that could lead into lifetime routines. I don’t believe that big changes that take a lot of energy to maintain are often sustainable. But small changes can be. I might not be able to meditate for 30 mins but I can do it for 5 mins while still in bed every morning. I might not be able to eat only healthy food but can I make a rule where I have to eat something healthy first? And then whatever I want? I might not be able to do a 30-min exercise class daily, but can I stack 3 10-min classes throughout the day? Can I write.one paragraph of journaling? Can I go to bed 15 mins earlier? Can I reconnect with one friend a month? What are small or tiny steps I can take to shift behavior slightly and still make strides in my wellness journey? #100dayproject, #the100dayproject, #karenikaradicalwellness February 18, 2021 | Tags: #100dayproject, #karenikaradicalwellness, #the100dayproject | 100 Days of Radical Wellness | Leave a comment
 Year of Yes – 48
Wednesdays are tough over here. I start 8am and don’t end until 8pm, at which point I am wiped and can’t even think. So I start my days with meditation and yoga to ensure I am calmer than usual and grounded. And I think I need something to also end my days with so I can re-ground myself again so I don’t carry over Wednesday’s stress to Thursday. Maybe that’s a short walk outside or a short journaling session. Either way, today I’m grateful to have made it through this Wednesday and grateful that this week is almost at an end. It was a short but mighty week so far. Yes to yoga and yes to grounding. Yes to making in through Wednesdays! #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes  100 Days of Radical Wellness – Day 18
I continue to be excited about this project and all the ways in which it’s encouraging me to push myself or make small changes towards prioritizing wellness. It’s been such a gift. I love that it allows me to appreciate and celebrate what I am doing without punishing myself for what I am not doing. That might not sound like a big deal but it’s a huge deal to someone who tends to focus on the negative more often than not. #100dayproject, #the100dayproject, #karenikaradicalwellness February 17, 2021 | Tags: #100dayproject, #karenikaradicalwellness, #the100dayproject | 100 Days of Radical Wellness | Leave a comment
 100 Days of Radical Wellness – Day 17
One of the things I’ve learned when it comes to wellness is that we don’t all care about the same things and value the same things. I have friends who consider putting make up on in the morning or making their bed in the morning part of their wellness journey. Those would not make it on my list. But getting my hair done would. To be fair, it wouldn’t have five years ago. Back then, I’d get my hair done once every 4-5 months and that was plenty. Now it’s a monthly appointment and one I look forward to. Something that makes me feel happy and helps me feel more comfortable in my body. I used to be very judgemental about how people should get to spend their time and energy. And I’ve learned that we each walk our paths and it is not up to me to say how others are walking theirs. I am learning how to walk mine and how to define what wellness means to me. #100dayproject, #the100dayproject, #karenikaradicalwellness February 16, 2021 | Tags: #100dayproject, #karenikaradicalwellness, #the100dayproject | 100 Days of Radical Wellness | Leave a comment
 Year of Yes – 47
Two weeks ago, jake and I meant to go climbing but at 3pm on Sunday we suddenly realized it wasn’t going to work out because we still had to get big boy’s birthday cake and the sun was going to set soon. I decided then and there that we wouldn’t do this again. I put a calendar reminder for us to leave the house by 2pm every Sunday so we could go climbing. If we decided to go Saturday that week, awesome. Or if we went Sunday morning that’s awesome too. But if we didn’t go by Sunday at 2pm, we were to leave immediately. The goal was to make it weekly routine so it wouldn’t be a discussion each week. And this week it worked perfectly. I’ve learned that the most effective way to combat inertia is to make something into a routine. And yet I keep not doing this. Not sure why I keep having to learn this lesson again and again but here we are. Here’s to climbing regularly and finding ways to create routine structures for the life that I want to live vs the life inertia is making me default to. Yes to choosing the way I spend my time. Yes to climbing more. #yearofyes #karenikayearofyes 
For people who always tell me YA books are lightweight and not meaningful, I challenge you to read an A. S. King novel and repeat your assertion. A. S. King might be unlike any other author and many of her books are unusual and tough reads. But this one stood out even amongst all her books. I honestly don’t even know how to describe this book. Here’s part of the blurb: As if that’s not already confusing and “what?!” enough, Tru’s house has a switch in the middle and her dad keeps building boxes around it. And “Tru leaves the box through a Tru-shaped hole to go to school” and if I haven’t lost you by now, I am confident you will love this book. This book is unlike anything I’ve read. And I’ve read A LOT of books. It’s genre bending and incredibly difficult to summarize. But at its core it’s about what many of King’s books are about: family, communication, suffering and capturing the essence of real teens. I will not forget this book for a long, long time. with gratitude to edelweiss and Dutton Books for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review
If you like to journal and have always wanted to keep an art journal, like I have, you will love every single page of this book. But most of all it helps you fall in love with the practice of disconnecting, being present with nature, paying attention and capturing what you see. It’s not about the perfection, it’s about the feeling of being present and noticing and keeping track of all you noticed. Absolutely breathtakingly beautiful. with gratitude to netgalley and Storey Publishing for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review |
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