This is it, everyone; the final monthly check-in for this eventful year. I cannot believe we made through this year. It to me seemed like a lot (I'm sure many people agree with me on this one). But I'm going to share what I did for this month and what I want to bring in for 2021.
At the beginning of this month, I decided to go ahead and order my Christmas presents for my parents and sister (trying to find ideas for all of them seemed like a lot). We did holiday baking this year (even if we weren't seeing as much people) and I ended up making a few recipes- vegan gingerbread cookies, eggnog snickerdoodles, chocolate chip cookies, etc. I even got out of my normal coffee drinks- made dairy free eggnog iced coffee, gingerbread cold brew coffee, and even a peppermint cold brew at one of my favorite coffee shops near where I live. It was nice to try different things. One weekend, I even did a christmas movie marathon (a mix of classics and modern ones)- it was a nice way to relax in this chaotic time of the year.
Did a couple Advent calendars (one beauty one from Target which was a 12 day calendar + one I recieved for my birthday which was Nightmare Before Christmas themed), celebrated one of my doggies birthday (she just turned 12!) at home and even made pupcakes for her, too. Went away for the holidays to my grandparents house and it ended up being nice for most of it. Did a zoom call with extended relatives across the pond in England, had a Christmas Day that was surprisingly nice (recieved some unexpected things- the list would take me forever to type up- but one thing that was nice was the Golden Girls Monopoly board game). We also celebrate Boxing Day (have a little English heritage in me via my late Nana- miss her terribly!) and do a traditional English-ish dinner. Had a fun gift exchange that day, and we popped Christmas crackers (which is a traditional Boxing Day activity that is always fun to do). Around the time I was there, I decided to take a social media detox from Christmas Day until New Years Eve to just mentally + physically reset ahead of 2021. I plan to be back on the 1st of January 2021 (breaks from social media sometimes are fantastic for someone like me that is always go-go-go sometimes).
This year was full of unexpectations and occurrences but we all got through it together even if we didn't think we would be able to do so. This was incredibly hard on those with mental health issues / disorders (especially me) and I'm thankful that this year is over (yes, I said it people!). I'm looking forward to whatever 2021 has to offer.
Speaking of 2021, I'm going to share some of my intentions with you:
- No more sleeping in! This became a terrible habit for me in 2020 and I need to be awake when my alarm goes off.
- Practice mindful movement (ie yoga) and still stick with my daily meditation practice. Also rest more often, too! Don't always have to be busy all the time.
- Not giving myself a mile long to-do lists everyday- need to stick to less than 5 things and no more than that.
- Introduce more CBD into my wellness aspect of my life- I found this aspect in 2020 to be helpful with my anxiety / autism.
- Go back to doing therapy. I had set it for this year but this year took a turn of where everything went virtual (which I'm not a fan of)- so when person in person therapy is available again, I'd like to go- I found therapy helpful when I was going through my breakup in 2015.
- Bring out my inner creative (ie painting); learn to play my black acoustic guitar I've been neglecting; cut back on refined sugars / chocolate before bed (I find this aggravates my sleep when I have the refined sugars / chocolate products before bed- causes me to toss and turn a lot).
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