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A reflection exercise for your new new normal
This article is cross-posted from my weekly newsletter, The Sunday Soother, a newsletter about clarity, intention, and useful tips for creating more meaning in your life that goes out every Sunday morning. Subscribe here. I am also a coach who teaches you mindfulness and thoughtful self-reflection so you can stop second-guessing yourself, make decisions confidently and live the life you’ve always dreamed of. You can learn more about working with me here.
If you know me, you know I love me a good journal prompt and self-reflection exercise. (And if you don’t know me, hi! I’m Catherine. Uh. What’s up? You can read more about me here.)
One such exercise came to me recently. After one of my new-to-my-schedule daily walks earlier this week, I was thinking to myself: Dang. Why didn’t I take walks every single day BEFORE this? Walks are AWESOME. I have found every single little neighborhood park; walked past gorgeous DC rowhouses I never knew existed; I marveled at one billion spring flowers; I gave a hearty six-foot berth to anybody coming my way; I listened to a million podcasts; sometimes I walked in silence and listened to birdsong; in short, I rambled, and came back to my home refreshed, delighted by whatever I’d seen, and ready to sit down to work for the day.
