It’s currently minus 15 degrees Celsius. The sun is shining and the winds are blowing. It’s too cold for this girl, right here. So, it’ll be an indoor type of day. I’m sitting in front of my therapy light, and have a huge hot chocolate beside me. The robot vacuum is humming along and the cats are stretched out on my unmade bed.
I do have my exercise clothes on because I plan on getting my yoga stretch in. I’ll probably spend the majority of the day in my bedroom. Yoga, meditation, reading, cleaning are on my list and possibly an afternoon nap. I have a cucumber and witch hazel face mask calling my name.
I do work full time outside of the house. I work in retail, which is out of my comfort zone and not, at the same time. I’m an agoraphobic introvert. It’s not the wide open spaces that bother me, but rather “uncontrolled social situations”. Crowds freak me out. I can go to concerts and other events – if I have someone with me to focus on and act as a buffer. When I attempt to go alone? Panic attacks. When the store I work at gets really busy? I need frequent breaks to stave off the anxiety. Needless to say, when I get a weekend off, I tend to need my alone time to recharge.
My kids think I’m weird because I can sit almost anywhere without a tv or radio on. I like the peacefulness of the quiet. I value the quiet times when I can just, be. When there are no self or outside expectations of who or what to be or do. I think that’s the reason I enjoy being in the woods so much. It’s the same feeling there. No expectations other than being you.
So, that’s my slice of life for this sunny Saturday. I hope that wherever you are, you are cozy, comfortable and can take a feel minutes to recharge, relax and just be. Read a few paragraphs. Treat yourself to a face mask. Take a nap. Be you.
E. E. Wildwood 