Yesterday I had the day off. I had all of these grand plans to work out, go to a yoga class, do all of my homework and do everything else I needed to do before 5pm when I was seeing friends. 

At 10:30am I realized I needed to eat before I did anything. By the time I ate I missed the yoga class and started to get down on myself. I took a step back and thought about how hard I have been working and how just relaxing might be exactly what I need. 

I would tell my friends and family "oh don't worry about your list you need to take care of yourself!" So that's what I did. I ate healthy, did a few exercises while I watched TV, talked on the phone and hung out. It's amazing how quickly your day goes by when you can do whatever you want! 

In yoga, you hear a lot about compassion and becoming more compassionate. Taking that compassion and applying it to yourself, I think is even more difficult than being compassionate to others. I have always been an "all or nothing" type of person, even when I was little. My room would be perfectly clean or a complete disaster. My mom can tell you it was usually a disaster. Breaking the perfectionist in me and finding a happy medium is something I think I'll always be working on. 


...Reminds me of this song!! 

All joking aside, have you been compassionate to yourself lately?