Make Your Own Wellness Minutes

Gifts to Yourself 

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Dona Anderson
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I had one of those significant birthdays

 last November.

That's good as it means I'm still here!

Dona Anderson

A month earlier when we were visiting our Daughter I told her about what I was thinking for a Birthday Gift to myself and she loved it.

I imagined a new way to think about aging and supporting my own wellness for my later years.

Check out this post from a few months ago.  

A few simple changes in my thinking helped me and it is evolving even more.

In the earlier post I found the answer was to change the words I used.  A five year conflict seemed so simple and just dissolved. I think we do a lot of this especially around diets and exercise. 

So before my Birthday I started thinking about it more and again its success depends on my thoughts and words.

Here's the idea.

Whatever age I'm at now and in the future I'd like to gift myself that number of minutes each day and call them Wellness Minutes  The great thing about this is the number increases each year by one. 

Can't wait till I'm 90 and get to think about 1 1/2 hours a day just for me.

To get this idea going, I started thinking about what I considered to be Wellness Minutes. I know the list will change over the years and that's OK, it will be what it is.  All good.

Here's a few things I've come up with so far for my life now, and if I do 2 or 3 on the list in the day I'll think about one that seemed more special or one I really needed. 

- morning dog walks and perhaps an added evening walk (they would love it)

- yoga class and a few extra restorative poses another time on my own

- playing with my guitar group or finding time to practice the other days

- a nap if I need it

- an extra long relaxing winter bath 

- time with my amazing massage therapist

- watching a concert or wellness show I recorded 

- sleeping in a bit if I didn't sleep well the night before

- writing for this blog and having it distract me when I don't feel well 

- getting my hair cut (love the head massage part)

- listening to a relaxation CD

- more pedicures 

- cuddling with the dogs 

- eating my breakfast out on the back deck in the summer as the sun comes past the trees

- watching the birds in the yard, especially fun when they're having a bath in the pond or the Heron comes to visit

- spending time with family & friends

- sitting on the front porch or in the big chair in the living room on a sunny winter afternoon

- doing some online learning courses or listening to videos 

- taking my camera out in the garden or park

- my evening out for my wellness circle

- a real treat - a SPA appointment
- someone else cooked supper and did the dishes
- stopping to get an ice cream cone

- lunch or supper out
- a walk at the beach 

- I enjoyed the line dancing class last fall so signed up again - FUN!

- and more and more to come!

I wish I had started this sooner.

Discover your special Wellness Minutes!

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Have FUN and Happy Birthday 2017 to YOU.