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There is nothing like enjoying a hot drink with a friend and sharing your heart. This is what a Cup of Tea with Kelsey is about.
I'm a high school special education teacher. I work mostly with students who are in general education classes throughout the day, and come see me for support
It's been a while since I've done a Friday Favorites post. The first Friday back to work after spring break, lots of fun and new things to recap, and knowing I'm going to spend Friday night at H&R block getting our taxes done (adult life, yay) seems to warrant a fun post! It's been really hard for me to not obsess over finding a home, so I've been trying to give myself some meaningful distractions. and I seem to have way less concrete tasks right now than I'm used to, so I'm trying to find purpose in tasks that are more creative and less of a check-list item, like writing, reading novels, and maybe even taking a drop-in adult ballet class or two.
On a Sunday afternoon while the sunlight streams in, I sit with my wet hair newly combed at the dining table, my feet in fuzzy socks propped up on the seat across from me. As I open my computer, Daniel hums along with the 90's pop Pandora station while he works on grad school. Usually on quiet Sundays like this I have a bit of an underlying nagging worry that I haven't done something yet, whether that's the laundry, baking muffins, giving myself some creative time, or calling someone. I hold onto it, looking out at the wind blowing through the trees and the sun streaking across the park, and try to savor this peace so I can savor it all week.
Self care is a careful balance of making good decisions for ourselves, and doing what feels good. Sometimes I get lost in between, and shame myself for not having more self-control, being able to make a decision to eat, exercise, think, and work a certain way and stick with it. Self care is a careful balance of listening to both body and soul, and giving them both what they need. We need the love that comes from the exhilaration after a tough workout and a big plate of roasted vegetables and the triumph of a goal completed even after it stopped being fun.