Be your own best friend
Hi, Thinking Out Loud here :D
Welcome to Mindful Monday Week 25
Here is the link for this week’s playlist. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7dMqVMecd1SxAPi7aS80aA?si=454d8cf664034be3
I hope you enjoy listening to it whilst you read, and I hope you find the music relaxing.
If an ad plays during listening to the playlist, please stop reading and wait for the playlist to play again. Hopefully, the playlist will be timed for you to read to the end of this blog post, with maybe one song running over after reading.
Get a drink, maybe even a snack, and find a comfy seat so you can relax. Let go of all worries and enjoy the next five deep breaths. Please prepare for the first breath in by breathing out.
Now time for your first deep breath; take one deep breath in through your nose for five 1..2..3..4..5.. hold for 1..2.. breath out through your mouth for five 1..2..3..4..5.. Hold for 1.. Breath in for five 1..2..3..4..5.. hold for 1..2.. And out for five 1..2..3..4..5.. hold for 1.. Breathe in for five 1..2..3..4..5.. hold for 1..2.. And out for five 1..2..3..4..5.. hold for 1.. two more to go; breath in for five 1..2..3..4..5.. hold for 1..2.. And out for five 1..2..3..4..5.. hold for 1.. last one deep breath in for five 1..2..3..4..5.. hold for 1..2.. And out for five 1..2..3..4..5.. hold for 1.. now go back to your regular breathing pattern. I hope you feel calm and relaxed.
I know this might sound crazy but hear me out; no one knows you better than you know yourself. You can have best friends, and they can know a lot about you, but they won’t honestly know everything about you from how you think or what you are thinking. So today, I encourage you to be your own best friend. Do for you what you would do for your bestie. Take a little break from day-to-day life; it doesn’t have to be for the entire day; it can be an hour or so, but whatever you do, make it fun and something that you genuinely love doing but maybe haven’t given yourself the time to do in a while.
It could be your favourite walk or going for a swim, maybe you haven’t been to the gym in a while, or you haven’t watched your favourite show, made your favourite meal, had a relaxing bath, or read that book you’ve been meaning to read. Please let me know in the comments below what you get up to today as your own best friend. I love reading comments (please be kind and mindful in the comments as they get moderated, so don’t always get posted).
I think I’m going to make myself a nice cup of coffee, read some of my book (Coming home for Christmas by Patricia Scanlan. With it being winter in NZ, it feels like the perfect time of year to read a snowy wintery book) and maybe play some music on Spotify, or have a video playing on YT. Or I might even watch a few episodes of Gilmore Girls on Netflix. A bit of a throwback to the early 2000s sounds good to me. The possibilities are endless, but I know whatever I get up to, it will be fun, and it will be just what I need.
I really do hope you have a lovely time today being your own best friend. You might even find more out about yourself that even you didn’t know before.
Let’s finish with a three-deep breath breather.
Take one deep breath in through your nose for five 1..2..3..4..5.. hold for 1..2.. breath out through your mouth for five 1..2..3..4..5.. hold for 1.. breath in for five 1..2..3..4..5.. hold for 1..2.. and out for five 1..2..3..4..5.. hold for 1.. final breath in for five 1..2..3..4..5.. hold for 1..2.. last breath out for five 1..2..3..4..5.. no hold here you can now go back to your regular breathing pattern.
As always, thank you for taking the time to read this week’s Mindful Monday. I really do appreciate everyone who takes the time to read them and listens to what I have to say.
Love always
Thinking Out Loud xx :D
Be your own best friend. Give your soul the care it needs. (I got this quote from brainsparkerapp.com)
