Saturday was incredible. 65 degrees and sunny, goodness gracious I felt like I was living a dream. I woke up in the morning, went to boxing class with my friend. We headed back home after, got washed and changed (I killed the fit fwi) and we decided to make the most of the Saturday. We went to eat, then got smoothies at JP Licks before heading to the park. The park was majestic. All I did was spend about 4 hours just laying down and soaking up the sun. I blasted music in my headphones (music always sounds better to me when the weather is warm) and was at a point of complete peace. After the super stressful week, I was literally holding my breathe to get to Saturday. I vowed that this Saturday I would not touch an ounce of homework, it was my mental health weekend, exactly what the doctor order. After the park, I went back home, snuggled up in my bed and binge watched the second season of Black Lightning, alongside a really good salad. Even as I write this, I wish I could go back in time and relive my Saturday.
You know that feeling that you get when you start to enjoy your life too much and you feel guilty because you were not grinding or doing homework. I am the type to usually feel that way, but I had to grant myself permission to just be okay with not doing anything on Saturday. I literally had to allow myself to just be in the present, soaking up the sun without the slightest concern of what the future holds. I highly recommend mental health days. I am sure, or at least hope that all of you partake in mental health days periodically in which you just do a bunch of self care things, or do activities that make you happy. The pressure to "chase the bag" and "be on the grind" sometimes has us forgetting that we need to be human too. We need to let go and let loose. We will literally go insane if our priority in life is chasing success without a perspective that allows us to appreciate the little successes we have now. This Saturday was my little success.
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