As mentioned above, I LOVE taking baths, Love. I spend, like, two hours in there, at least once a week. I usually take my phone in there and listen to music (and take pictures, tbh, no shame). It's possibly the most relaxing thing I can think of. Major shoutout to Lush store for providing the bath bombs (another thing- people who hate on bath bomb culture are totally boring and bitter- like, what do you have against girls for wanting to smell nice and have soft skin?? Don't knock it till ya try it.) My favorites are Rose Bombshell (which is pictured above- smells amazing and had me feelin' myself all day lol), Sex Bomb, and Phoenix Rising. All of their products make you feel like a pure radiant goddess, actually. Ok, go take a bath.
Speaking of feeling like a radiant goddess, TREAT YA SELF and buy something that makes you feel like a million trillion bucks. I like buying pretty lingerie and underwear because nobody even has to KNOW you're wearing it, but somehow wearing it always makes you feel infinitely more confident. Same with shopping in general- I'm not advising that you turn to consumerism and develop a material dependency in order to cope with your feelings, but sometimes it helps. And I think that's okay to admit.
I've talked about this one enough, so I won't go on and on about it, but just write. Seriously. Even if you're not good at it, even if you think that you have nothing to write about. There is nothing more therapeutic than spewing your thoughts in an uncensored, private way. It doesn't have to be anything deep or fancy. You don't have to show anyone or be the next great American author. Just write about your day, write about anything. Scribble it down sloppily. Promise you'll feel better.
Go outside. Especially now that it's warm. Disconnecting from everything is real good for the soul and whatnot. I don't know exactly what it is, but I've walked out my front door feeling like one person, and then returned from a walk/sky gaze/rest in a chair outdoors feeling like a completely different person. Just looking at seemingly like mundane stuff like clouds and grass and trees does a whole lot for me, especially after months of seeing dreary skies and snow and having my skin go numb after a few seconds.
Doing something that makes me feel 'maternal' also makes me feel a lot better (such as taking care of my cat or a small child or something little and cute and cuddly of that sort). Again, I don't exactly know how to explain this one, and I know not everyone likes animals or kids, but if you do, then you understand why this one is so helpful. Taking care of something smaller than me kind of gives me a sense of purpose, and in that respect, it ends up doing more for me than it probably does for the pet/baby in question (usually Luna, pictured above, who is my ENTIRE CRAZY CAT LADY WORLD.)
okay, so this has been a post. Hopefully some of this applies to you, or convinces you to go buy a bath bomb or some new underwear or to go look at clouds.
