A New Blank Page: Self-Care September

After a full year with no break, no stop, no *red card, get your bottom to the bench*, September eventually arrived.

I have given everything I had during the last twelve months, for better or for worse. I have had the most amazing times, and the worst ones. The circle is complete.

I am a new person. Some might say I am an adult, but right now I am in my PJs and listening to Taylor Swift while eating cake, so I disagree.

I have put my studies, others’ needs, work, and a lot of things before my own needs for 365 days. No, I am not complaining, I am happy about most of it! But it’s time for some self-love, self-care, and fun. Sometimes we forget what we do all of these things for. I decided to remind myself of what’s important (and it is okay if most of what I write is about me!)

What I’m going to do this September…

• Celebrate my birthday without cringing and without expecting anything but a nice and cool normal day.
• Stop saying yes to blog tours

• Enjoy my one-day trip to London
• Listen to my anti-agoraphobia program again
• Move house (and lose a few fingers, get crazy, start screaming when things will get messy… The usual consequences of a move)
• Make the most of Bloody Scotland
• Change my glasses
• Resume watching Suits
• Create the flamingo dance!

• Keep fighting mental illnesses with gentleness
• Relax
• Give Krav Maga a new try
• Blog for fun only
• (this is valid from now until 31th December) Empty my NetGalley queue and the author review requests I have let pending for way too long.

• Wear my Orenda nail polish every day
• Sing
• Resume my vocabulary-building routine
• Tell myself I am beautiful

• Keep making it happen
• Make appointments for the dogs to be groomed again
• Be awesome

• Be silly with my speaking English practice

• Stop worrying about money
• Give love to my friends

• Reduce social media to one hour per day (watch me fail at this!)
• Stop waiting for approval from people. I know what I have achieved and what I am capable of.

• Keep being kind but not stupid
• Buy new underwear
• Be happy
• Care more about what’s important, throw away the rest!
• Have fun with the self-care challenge from Jenny
• Be thankful for my friends and the support I receive.

That’s it. A wee post to welcome September! I hope you have a great month, filled with books, of course!

I am here should you need a laugh, a shoulder (or at least a venting friend cos I can’t send my shoulder away on its own), or just a chat.

Ps: not sorry for the Suits gifs spam.

Let’s make September a good one!