First Day of Fall AND Bedtime Routine

Welcome Autumn,

“The best times of your life have not yet been lived” – Fortune Cookie

Summer is gone. It came and went quicker than I expected. I have been so busy; Moving, trying to prepare my first home to be sold, broke my ankle twice, tried to keep my spirit high, graduated from residency, and now I’m pursuing a speciality.

I’ve been looking for ways to simplify my life since I have been under quite a large amount stress. Every time I get a few minutes to relax I am either unpacking or going to get more stuff out of storage. SIGH.

I am working on waking up early for work and today I noticed it was DARK at 6 am. That made me ~~sad~~ (well not quite sad but realizing more and more that if I don’t cherish EACH day, I’ll look up and a whole season will have passed me by). It’s the first day of fall and I already miss summer. 🙂

So, here’s a short list of things I’m looking forward to in the next 3 months. ( basically my attempt to feel better about the new season. )

My Fall Favorites:

1. Salted Caramel Mocha

2. Cooler weather when I go for my runs

3. Boots – I’ll be wearing flats all Autumn due to my recent prolonged ankle injury

4. State Fairs

5. Did I say coffee and hot chocolates?

6. Straight hair without sweating instantly or humidity of 99%

7. Bike rides with The Beau

8. Weekend trips, hiking, log cabins

9. Hay rides!

10. Homecomings, football, and friends

Being Silly and trying to practice using my new Nikon 3200/ MacBookPro Photo Booth app.

Enough playing… time to pin my hair and begin my bedtime routine.

I’m in the process of creating a new bedtime routine to help make my life more consistent and help with occasional insomnia AND decrease my stress level. I’ll post later when I create my completed BTR (BedTime Routine). So far, my new bedtime routine includes one of my favorites! HOT TEA! (It also includes a journaling, light stretching and yoga portion). If you knew me, you’d know I like to do things randomly. I don’t actually enjoy being very regimented BUT I do think there is joy in knowing what to expect. It seems like I have enough on my mind, freeing up some mental space by making some things routine is a good idea. And hey, if I change my mind later… I’m sure I can easily find disorder and chaos. Ha!

Yesterday, I had Peach/Ginger black tea. Today, I am drinking Pear Green Tea. I actually DO have an electric kettle AND a Keurig but there is joy in using my old fashion kettle.

It’s ready! I love the sound of freshly boiled water for my tea!

The face of a tired woman who is looking forward to drinking tea and reading this stack of books. I have a bad habit of picking 4-5 books from my home library and indulging in a little of each.