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55 Things To Do To Help You Bloom, Even in Winter
We are starting to enter a time where the seasons are changing and the chilling, bitter, and much-dreaded winter is upon us. Here are 55 ways to ~bloom~ and not ~die~ like beautiful plants often do during winter.
27 December 2018
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You, whoever you are, are like a peach tree. Right now we are in pruning season. This is when the fruit that has been growing on our branches is pruning, ripening, and preparing to fall off of our branches. We must let these pruned fruits fall in order for us to begin growing new fruit. A new fruit that will not weigh us down or make our tree ugly. So let the pruned fruits fall and let new fruits grow as this is the act of re-blossoming. It is a sign of a new beginning. A fresh start.
1. Breathe in
2. Breathe out
3. Practice guided meditation
4. Bullet journal
5. Or regular journal
6. Enjoy a cup of tea in silence
7. Wash your bed sheets
8. And your bedroom curtains
9. Make your bed with these new clean bed sheets
10. Open your curtains to invite natural vitamin D into your home (dorm room)
11. Paint your nails
12. Take a shower
13. Or a soothing bubble bath
14. Read a good book
15. Put your dirty clothes in the hamper
16. Put your dirty dishes in the sink
17. Fold your laundry
18. Log out of social media (trust me on this one)
19. Exercise
20. Even if it is just for a half an hour
21. Light a candle
22. Dim the lights
23. Learn to enjoy your time with yourself
24. Thank the Lord for where you are
25. And for waking you up today
26. Practice gratitude
27. And being mindful
28. Unfollow people on social media who make you feel less than
29. Buy an essential oil diffuser
30. And inhale the sweet smells of lemon grass
31. Eat vegetables, even if it is one single stalk of broccoli
32. Drink your water
33. Fuel your body
34. And your mind a
35. Might as well feed your soul, too
36. Invest your negative energy or general funkiness into something worthwhile
37. Like art
38. Or volunteering
39. Or building something (like a relationship)
40. Remember to wash your hair
41. And take your trash out (this includes exes and toxic friends)
42. Buy a new shade of lipstick (if you're a makeup addict such as myself)
43. Or a new book
44. Or an old book (sometimes these can be better)
45. Enjoy a bowl of ice cream (guilt free)
46. Practice talking nice to yourself
47. Practice loving yourself
48. Even when it's hard
49. Because I love you and you should too
50. Color in a coloring book
51. Adult or children coloring books work well
52. Spread love as if it is all you have (trust me, it feels good)
53. Call your mom
54. Inhale the idea of new beginnings
55. And hang tight because better things are yet to come
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