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  1. I Dare You to Make a Loaf of Bread

    June 3, 2012 by Laura

    I had an entire (pretty funny if I do say so myself) post all about a recent stress-fest, ready to break the silence; and for some rea­son, I couldn’t post it.  I guess I don’t feel like talk­ing about stress right now– it just feels too exhaust­ing.  In fact, I got re-stressed-out as I wrote it.  I have been think­ing a lot about the things that I posted {here} (did you notice I was miss­ing??- sorry about that) I just needed to take some time to re-center.  I think we all do. Any­way, I guess I am at a bit of a cross­roads in life right now (they seem to come my way often:)) and I want to reeeeeaaaaal­l­l­lyyyyy take this one on with wis­dom, reflec­tion, prayer, and quiet­ness.  So, I know this does not give you a whole lot to laugh at this evening.  But, there is some­thing VERY calm­ing about just tak­ing men­tal space to med­i­tate, de-clutter and slow down.  I think some­times silence is bet­ter than sar­casm and so take some time tonight, even if it is 5 min­utes and be still, be quiet, and con­sider more than what you ‘should do’ and just do.

    Here are the things that I have done over the last few days that have helped me for some reason…and I didn’t plan to do any of them really…but I am SO glad that it all happened.

    I…

    Turned off the TV

    Spent one on one time with my youngest

    Had a ‘free’ garage sale (yup I pushed all kinds of stuff into the dri­ve­way (fur­ni­ture, ellip­ti­cal machine etc.) and put a big ‘ol FREE sign on them.  It was all gone by noon and it went to some amaz­ing peo­ple who really needed the stuff.

    Made a loaf of bread (I am actu­ally in the process of doing that now, I have never made bread before, and I thought it was time to share the age-old expe­ri­ence of women all over the world.{and no 1-hour bread busi­ness, I am mak­ing myself pay atten­tion for a good 4–5 maybe even 6 hours}.

    Ran with­out my Nike GPS (this is a biggie-I HAVE to know exactly how far I ran…I know it is weird) and just tried to enjoy the feel­ing of mov­ing and being ALIVE.

    Started lis­ten­ing to some awe­some podcasts

    I read the book Love Does by Bob Goff (uh-mazing)

    I sipped my wine

    I talked to my mom

    I saw old friends

    I stretched

    I got really sick and had to ask for help

    None of these things are book-worthy, but they are things for me that feel good and quiet and meaningful.

    So, if you are exhausted from all things stress related, turn off the TV and go get some flour, yeast and oil and just do some­thing simple.

    What are you going to do to let go and just enjoy a moment of quiet?

     

     

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