Self Careathon Animals

Hi, Thinking out loud here :D

The #blurtselfcareathon day 12 prompt is animals.

Animal love 

By Freya Anastasia Hatfield 

The fluffy cuddles,

The gentle touch,

The outpouring love,

are just some things to help us through the hard days.

Knowing they’ll be there

always ready for a snuggle. 

No judging of how you look,

what you wear

or even what your house looks like. 

These are the things that let you know they care.

They keep you warm on a cold night,

They comfort you when the day feels gray.

They love you for who you are, not because of what you may have gone through.

They’re companions, best friends and part of the family.

They come in different sizes, shapes and species,

them being different doesn’t change how we feel about them.

They are there for us as we are for them,

We have bonds that mean no end

They are animals. 

Thank you for reading, hope you all have a lovely day.

Love always, Thinking out loud xx :D

Self Careathon Encourage

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Sorry I missed two days of #blurtselfcareathon, I will try and incorporate day 9 and 10 in with today’s blog, day 9 prompt was lemons day 10 was laugh and today’s prompt is encourage. 

Encouragement 

By Freya Anastasia Hatfield 

He found it hard on his own,

though when his friends were there anything was possible.

It took time, it took encouragement, it took blood sweat and tears, love and a lot of laughter.

Along with life’s bitter sweet moments 

Like the first bite of a lemon,

But he soon found what was once impossible on his own

Became possible with a little bit of encouragement. 

Thank yo for reading hope you all have a lovely day I will be back tomorrow for day 12

Love always Thinking out loud xx :D

Self Careathon Re-charge

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Today’s prompt for day 8 #blurtselfcareathon is Re-charge.

Re-charge
By Freya Anastasia Hatfield 

The body over time gets tired,
with a little sleep and a little rest, 
It recharges ready to face whatever happens next. 
It takes some time but it’s worth the wait,
as the body re-charges ready for another day.
Just be patient you will see, your recharged body at the best, it’s ever been! 

Just a quick like poem today as always thank you for reading hope you have a lovely day.

Love always Thinking our loud xx :D 

Self Careathon Learn

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Today’s prompt for #blurtselfcareathon is Learn 

It takes a lot to learn how to truly look after yourself, to truly know the meaning of taking time out for yourself and not caring what anyone says. Part of being healthy is taking some time out of your day, week or month to take time for you whether it be doing a hobby, spending time with loved ones or taking a bath, taking time to relax to destress or simply just to feel like you are doing something for you.

Learning that being a little bit selfish is ok, I’m not saying forget being polite and considerate, the little bit of selfish that’s ok is making sometime for yourself it’s saying no when you need to, it’s not taking on more when you already feel like you have a marathon to run. it’s knowing when to take a breather before you get forced to take a breather. 

It’s finding the balance of being able to be busy but also being able to be free and unwind from the busy world around you. 

This is how I see it I see learning how to be a little bit selfish as a great thing. We all need a little bit of me time, I see taking a break and saying no as putting yourself first when maybe you put everyone before you! It’s learning that you can’t always be super-mum, super-dad, super-friend ect all the time. It’s learning that it might be hard but stepping back and lifting some of the load might be what you need to do more. We’re all young for a short time and in that time we need to learn what we are capable of and what we need to learn to do less of and when to take a break we need to learn that caring for others and ourselves needs to start with you. 

As always thank you for reading I will be back tomorrow (today) with day eight

Love always thinking out loud xx :D

Selfcareathon, Support

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For the month of April (ok for the rest of April) I have decided to challenge myself by taking part in the selfcareathon that was created by The Blurt Foundation. This to me is a big challenge as I know how bad I am at uploading blog posts given that this one is a day late, but I know this is something I'm going to make myself do as I feel I can't, not do this challenge considering the book trilogy I'm currently writing is mostly based on a mental illness.

The challenge is to write a post each day ( I'm going to aim to write a poem or a short story or something along those lines) but it could be as simple as posting a picture with a caption from the prompts, I will post the picture below this post and will also upload it to my social media for selfcareathon. The idea is for self-care to show love to ourselves and show ourselves that we are able to do anything and anything is possible.

For me this is part of getting rid of the stigmas we put on ourselves and that other people put on us and that over the years have gone hand in hand with mental illnesses. Although I personally don't have a mental illness part of this for me is bringing awareness to a part of society that needs looking at more, that needs to be talked about more. There are more people than we realise who have a mental illness and so easily slip under a line of no one knowing because these days it seems so easy to turn away than see what is staring at us something that could so easily be stopped by there being more help and there being more talk about, and more out there about the first signs of someone having a mental illness. Another part of it for me is to let people know they are not alone, that there are people out there who care and who want to help in whatever way possible.

This awareness is something I hope to one day help bring more into the light when my books are published.

I personally think this is an amazing idea I got the idea to do the blogs from http://www.carriehopefletcher.com/ who got the challenge idea from https://www.blurtitout.org/ The Blur Foundation. If like me you want to give this ago it is in no way too late you still have a fair few days to go so feel free to join, in you can do this whatever way you want to, all you need to remember is to use #blurtselfcareathon somewhere in your post and maybe even tag @theblurtfoundation.

I'm starting with day six and today's prompt is Support.

Support

by Freya Anastasia Hatfield 

Strength

Uplifting

Power

Patience

Organisation

Resilience

Together

Thank you for reading today's blog, I will be back tomorrow for day seven. I hope you're all well and having a lovely day!

love always Thinking out loud xx :D

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here is the picture of all the selfcareathon prompts

the picture is from The Blurt Foundation Instagram page all credit for the picture goes to them. @theblurtfoundation