Let’s Look

Hello and happy Wednesday!

Y’all this week is going to age me ten years. I just feel like I’m running around like a chicken with my head cut off from sun up to sun down. We have state testing this week, so every day is different and our evenings aren’t much calmer either!

Anyway, it’s already the second Wednesday of the month, so I’m linking up with Shay and Erika for Let’s Look.

So far this year, we’ve looked at…

• Low level goals for 2025 in January
• How you work on your marriage in February
• How you reset for the week on Sunday in March
• Maintaining friendships in April

This month we’re looking at…our wellness routines.

What is wellness? haha! I often joke that I’m “unwell.”

Here are a few things that came to mind when thinking about wellness, both for body and for mind:

Morning quiet time: I share this often, but I can’t start my day without easing into it. I need quiet and my morning coffee to get my mind set and set myself up for a successful day.

Decompress after school. On the other side of the daily spectrum is giving myself a bit of time (if I can) after school to decompress. Honestly, just a few silent moments will do, but really, if I can come home and sit on the couch for a minute or shut my eyes for ten minutes, it helps me regroup for the evening ahead.

This time of the year, I love sitting on the front porch when I can.

The number of times I hear my name said in a day, the number of times I repeat myself, answer the knock at my classroom door, answer my classroom phone and more…it takes a lot out of me, and I don’t want to be frazzled and exhausted for my own kids once the school day is over.

Hydrate. I’ve been pretty good about drinking water through the years, but even more so over the past few years. It may sound lame and my family makes fun of me, but I take my tumbler everywhere. I’ve had this tumbler in the lilac color for almost two years, and just purchased a new sea glass green one. I take it to school, to games and track meets, on vacation and even if we go out to dinner, I bring it in the car to have some water to and from. I fill it up at least twice a day, but sometimes more which means I’m drinking at least 80 ounces of water every day.

Through the years, I’ve taken vitamins and added collagen to my coffee, but for whatever reason I’m not always the best about re-ordering when I run out. Right now, I’m two for two taking my daily Vitamin D and putting a scoop of collagen in my coffee every morning.

Work out/walk. Of course, getting some movement is good for my wellness. Again, I’ve been good and bad with being consistent about working out or getting my steps in, but overall, these past few years I have maintained a decent routine.

Just this week, I’ve gone to the gym or gone for a walk, both after dinner when I didn’t have tons of time…but told myself to make it happen.

I am ready for summer when I will have more time for workouts, but fun fact about me…I tend to be better about getting workouts in when I have a more structured schedule. We’ll see how it goes!

Sleep. I love to sleep, but most nights I’m going to bed later than I want. I’d love to be in bed by 10, but most of the time that’s 10:30 and then asleep by 11. I could get a few more minutes if I didn’t get up so early, but that’s important to me as well.

When I got a new Apple watch for Christmas, I started wearing the watch to bed to track my sleep. It is somewhat motivational for me to try and keep my weekly sleep average above 7 hours…meaning sometimes I will think of that around 10, and try to get to bed. Haha

What’s your best “wellness” tip?