reginapaulwrites

I love the holidays as much as anyone, but it is also the time of year that makes me crazy trying to keep up with everything. I woke up this morning with the realization that I had completely let my regular yoga routine go to the point that I hadn’t done an asana in months. I also hadn’t kept up with my journaling, another thing that really helps keep the stress levels to a minimum. So, this morning when I got up, I did about twenty minutes of yoga and then journaled for another twenty. Forty minutes in all that made my day go much smoother, and made me feel much more like I was able to take on the day and this month.

Sometimes trying to juggle working at home and holidays can be a really stressful thing. Particularly with Christmas as I’m one of those people who refuses to purchase anything unless I can pay for it in cash. I hate credit, having had the experience of getting in way over my head when I was in my twenties, credit cards are now one of my no no words. So, that means not only must I make enough money to pay for my rent, groceries and utlities but gifts too. So, that coupled together is enough to make Regina a very stressed girl, that is if I don’t do what I have to take care of myself.

Many don’t realize it, but working from home can actually be more stressful than having a job. With a job you know that you are guaranteed a certain amount of money for a certain amount of work, and when you go home, in most cases you have the option of leaving work at work. But when you work from home, work is always there. My computer is always sitting there in my office saying “turn me on, write, write, write!” even when I’m really too tired or stressed out to write so much as a word.

I guess what I’m trying to say is that self-care is important all year round no matter what you do, but it’s absolutely critical during the holidays if you don’t want to go batty. So, I’m going to be doing my yoga and journaling thing in the morning as much as I can to make sure that I’m taking care of myself as well as getting that writing done.