What daily habit do you do that improves your quality of life?
Really?! Another habit question? Oh boy. Can we skip this re-run? I knit. I crochet. I journal. I sit in my favorite spot on the couch every night. I sit under the magnolia tree in my backyard. I used to run. We’ve been over this.
But since the question is here, yet again(!), I’ll say that a habit I would like to begin is simply being in the moment. I’ve spent a lot of time on social media lately because I’m trying to put myself out there. To let people know who I am and what I’m about because one day I will have a book to sell and I want people to pick up my book and see my name and think, “Oh! That’s the girl on Threads who posted about her tattoos and everybody lost their minds! I’ll bet her book will be interesting!” (Seriously, two days ago I posted something about my blue flowers tattoo and the confidence it gave me showing it off at work, and 180 thousand views later, and I feel like it has consumed me trying to respond to everyone, including coming up with snarky responses to the haters). Anyway, in trying to do all of that, I feel a little out of touch with reality. I’m not used to posting things that get a lot of response on social media. This is all very strange.
Having said that, I’m about to leave for the airport to fly to Chicago to spend Labor Day weekend with both of my sisters and most of their families. The oldest niece and nephews won’t be there, but the two littles will be and all the sisters. All day on Friday I will be alone with my nieces where I will take them to Hobby Lobby and buy all the things for the littlest one who is desperate for her Aunt Sarah to teach her how to crochet. I’ll take them to lunch and wherever else they want to go while everyone else is at work. Then on Saturday, we’re going to a local festival in their town before taking the train to Chicago to do Chicago things. That post on Threads blew up too! All I said was I can’t wait to eat a Chicago-style hot dog or deep dish pizza in the actual city of Chicago. And see the ginormous bean. That led to hundreds of people telling me their pizza place and hot dog place preferences and other things to do in the city. That’s great and everything. I’ve enjoyed interacting with those people. But now, I really just want to live in the moment while I’m there.
And I want to do that every day. When I sit in the backyard or spot on the couch, I don’t want to scroll social media as much. I want to read my book, or work on my yarn project, or…since I want people to buy my book, you know, actually work on writing it.
If I didn’t have a full-time job and I had more time to engage in all the things like I want to, I could make a daily schedule and work in time for social media engagement. But my time is very limited now since I get off at 5 every day. I mean, I could probably still make a schedule, but that would stress me out if I didn’t get to stick to it exactly as planned. So for now, I’m just going to try to intentionally limit my social media time.
In fact, this quote accurately sums up what I’d like to make a habit out of:
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