what happened with my week of restore

 it's all well and good having a restore week

but - did it make any difference?

did I actually do any of it?

Photo by Elahe Motamedi on Unsplash

looking at life through new eyes after my one week of restore

I've often wondered if any of the gazillion bloggers out there do actually follow their own advice? It's one of my criteria for blogs that I regularly follow - do they walk their talk? How authentic do they feel to me. 

And this actually is one of my "things". I spent decades in the yoga scene, and would get so internally "ggrrr" when people were saying one thing to look good, but doing another behind the scenes. Now, older (much!!!) and hopefully wiser, I know realise that it is just a facet of life, and that this goes on, everywhere. 

So, honesty time. What was the result of my restore week? It was mostly an internal, reflective outcome. Which in itself interested me, as I prefer to do things to get results. 

Results:

time management: I am much more on top of things, using my diary properly to keep myself on track. I'm quite pleased about this. Could be better, but - hey - I've gotten good results every day.

my evening routine - I've failed miserably. This honestly has always been my messy area of life, and the one of the two areas that I am being most reflective about. So, this is my work in progress, in a doing way. 

friends and family: I haven't met up with too many close people, as planned, due to us all being mega busy. I have managed to hang out with a couple of grand-daughters, great grandson, my two daughters, some of my siblings and nephews, and of course my healing friends. So, I suppose that's actually quite a lot!  I do take the time to contact people who matter to me. Always. Facebook, messenger, phone.

tidiness: le abode: I've been tidier. I'm actually not too messy, however I am a very visual person. I work from home, so anything out of place, looking "messy" keeps catching my eye, and then the work just doesn't get done. Which happens when one does a lot of mental work.

tidiness: moi: The moi-self tidying-up has been erratic.  Mostly as a follow-on from the messy evening non-routine. 

being grateful: Absolutely. As a way of life. I truly believe that every cloud has a silver lining, and that most of us on this planet of blue, have so much to be grateful for.

money - making every dollar count: Yes, I'm back to being prudent with money. I've made a few mistakes, but happily have learnt from them. For example, I met with someone thinking we were going to do the early lunch thing. Um, we weren't.... Next time I had a cafe catch-up, it was a cuppa and a scone. (ker-ching!!)

affluence aka quality of life: I am big on this, and I firmly believe that it is not about the money, but rather the way that we live our life. 

Getting back to money, in accordance with affluence. Most people (unless they inherit), create a financially affluent life by not spending all of their money. A lesson I learnt very strongly from my Nanna's example.

values: Surprisingly, this is the area where I am the most contemplative at the moment. I say "surprisingly", because I generally am quite strong in this area. Really it's not so much as life values to live by which is my strong area, but rather values for myself - what I do for myself, as values for my own personal well-being. Many healers need a shake-up in this area. Talking about moi-self here.....

Yes, so that's the outcome of my latest restore week. I hope any of the posts inspired you in some way.

** my first one week restore is here

** my second one week restore, which is what this post refers to, is here

** the link to my yoga blog is here