self care sunday routine | how to de-stress, slow morning, journalling & daily habits 🕊

Happy Sunday everyone. I hope you all find a day to focus on yourself, a day for you. Today I needed a bit of a reset. A day dedicated to self care. I've been feeling a bit burnt out recently and I find taking time to spend on myself, not working, not planning anything, not meeting anyone, no alarms, just helps to clear my mind. So come spend this cosy autumnal day with me. So I love creating clean, polished, motivating content and I don't tend to film the bad days. We all have them and I fear sometimes I fall into the category of toxic productivity. This video to me is showing you guys my recovery routine when I've bashed out too hard for a week and it's resulted in my body telling me I have to stop. My body's telling me I didn't take care of it this week and now it's forcing me to take a break. A day of self care I know is what I needed before the burnout became inevitably worse. I have sucked at journaling recently. That's my little confession which annoys me because I think I'm a better person when I journal. Is that a little dramatic? Sure, but hear me out. It helps me to be more present in the moment, actually take time to reflect and be grateful for what I've achieved. You can totally prompt yourself with journaling. Ask yourself the kind of questions like, three things I'm grateful for this morning. What was good about yesterday? What healthy habits do I want to achieve today? Then suddenly I am falling in love with a hobby that does not require screen time and that's reading. I spend what feels like most of my life in front of a screen. I'm sure a lot of people relate and that's why I have started to really value reading. I am not a strong reader, I'm not a fast reader, but the sensation of getting lost in a book and the story and this was something that was so important for today. Not worrying about how much time this is taking out of my day. My relationship with working out has been up and down recently but there's something about a 20 minute yoga stretch in the morning that not only helps my body to physically feel better but also mentally. I feel I can focus better throughout the day. Concentrating on something so simple like breathing helps me to find clarity. I want to say the biggest thank you to the lovely Karma and Luck for sponsoring this next section of the video. They're all about bringing happiness to your home with beautiful decor pieces and timeless jewelry. They are a modern spiritual brand, their products are all handcrafted which is amazing. First up we have this beautiful ring. This is the navy and white evil eye ring. The evil eye symbol is meant to represent deflecting negativity and then they also sent me their evil eye double layer necklace. I love necklaces that are of this style. They sit so beautifully and this one is supposed to help sort of keep you emotionally balanced. Definitely something I've needed recently. Their pieces are all about the power to awaken greater awareness and purpose each and every day. The last item was this sage box. I have never burnt sage before. I believe the right term is smudging so I'm very new to it all but I was keen to try it out. It came in this stunning box. The specific sage is the protection and manifestation evil eye plate rosemary white sage gift box. A lot of people of course burn sage for spiritual reasons such as to cleanse their homes, to get rid of any negative energy. I find burning sage to be peaceful and almost therapeutic. It helps soothe stress. These gift boxes and jewelry pieces would make the nicest gift for someone so I'll leave the link in the description bar for you guys to check out. You know what they say, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. I have not been living by that model recently. Full transparency, working a full-time job and doing YouTube has tested my time management especially recently. I kept skipping breakfast this week and I know that's what led to me feeling just pooped out by lunch, unable to focus and even a little anxious some mornings. Make time for a yummy breakfast. Your body deserves it and it needs it. Time for my least favorite thing. The chore I always feel like is a waste of time running up to it but I recognize the huge difference having a clean home makes. We've all heard the saying clean space, clear mind but this could not be more true. I recommend making a little to-do list with cleaning and I know for me if I dedicate a certain amount of time, 30 minutes, an hour it's going to help me not procrastinate, not get distracted. I just simply put a podcast on or a show in the background and kind of let my mind go blank, not think about other things I need to do and days like this cleaning can actually be kind of therapeutic. Walkies! Do you want to go walkies? Okay initiate clean girl aesthetic mode. There is no better feeling than a long hot shower or of time to shave, exfoliate and this is my favorite body scrub at the moment, the frank body coconut coffee scrub. This smells divine, it makes my whole shower smell good. Once I'm squeaky clean something I love to do in the spirit of self-care Sunday is leave a hair mask in all day. The olaplex number three is my favorite and then I just take my time going through a simple yet effective skincare routine. I decided to do a little under the eye masks as well because you know it makes me feel busy, it makes me feel good and definitely gives my skin the hydration it has been craving. This section of the day is not particularly interesting to watch but this is my do nothing time and not feel guilty about it. I got myself into comfy clothes, made a little matcha and then just took the time to watch Netflix. This is the definition of me time, not worrying about not doing anything productive, just let myself actually relax and reset. Pour yourself a glass of kombucha, put on a show in the background and let's make dinner. I was craving something warm and comforting so this pasta bake from Hello Fresh looked absolutely perfect. Unlike cleaning, cooking is a chore I love, it helps me just switch off, concentrate on something I am excited to make, I'm excited to eat. And then my favorite part of the day, making my home all cozy and watching a film or a series together. Thank you so much for coming along with me on this day, this is just your little reminder not to be so hard on yourself. Make time for you, make time for self-care. I love you guys so much and I'll see you in the next one. Bye!