Adam and I had a late night time out on Friday for a pal’s birthday celebration, which implies the remainder of the weekend has been blissfully unscheduled. Yesterday I made an enormous batch of selfmade pizza dough (see my Tales for what I did with it), performed many video games of four-square with the children (yep, bringing again my center faculty favourite), then Adam received caught up on the newest episode of The Outsider (should you haven’t seen it but, it’s about to be your new favourite present.)

Currently I’ve been discovering a lot pleasure in setting apart the weekend for true play and relaxation. As a substitute of filling each spare second with answering emails or scrolling my socials or getting housekeeping finished, I’ve been really permitting myself to kick my ft up and do nothing that’s productive. And gosh is it refreshing.

I shared extra about this concept in my submit final week titled How To not Let Instagram Destroy Your Life, and apparently a whole lot of y’all really feel the identical. I obtained so many emails, DM’s, and feedback on the submit, and I liked listening to your entire insights and private journeys round this subject. I particularly liked Shannan’s response and needed to share it right here:

I created tips for myself, and they’ve completely been a sport changer for me. For one, I solely examine Fb notifications, and I’ve a no-scrolling coverage. On Instagram, I comply with a whole lot of cats/canine, meals and inside design websites. I scroll for not more than two minutes at a time and at this level, I open it only some occasions every week. I’m 100% extra engaged, current, I’ve seen an enormous lower in my nervousness.

Love this intentionality. Hope you guys have an exquisite Sunday, and get pleasure from some nice reads from round the internet this week. xo, C