{"id":217,"date":"2016-09-25T20:38:43","date_gmt":"2016-09-25T20:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.navigationmaven.com\/?p=217"},"modified":"2020-05-24T14:25:54","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T14:25:54","slug":"take-time-to-breathe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.navigationmaven.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/25\/take-time-to-breathe\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Time to Breathe"},"content":{"rendered":"

      \"2015-07-18<\/a>      This morning I am feeling a lot of gratitude for the space I have at home. I\u2019m especially grateful because I have an entire room that\u2019s all mine. It is filled with lots of things that I love: books, magazines, art that I\u2019ve made and art that\u2019s been given to me, photos of friends, my various creative projects, etc. As I write this in my comfy chair, my big dog, Cliff, is taking a nap a few feet away. Every once in awhile he slightly parts his eyes to look at me when I\u2019ve made a bit too much noise for his taste. This is heaven on earth.<\/p>\n

         If you are feeling wistful or a little envious, then that means you need to make a place for yourself as well. It probably means that you have devoted everything in your house to others and not laid claim to a piece of it that\u2019s just for you. With this post, I hope to encourage others to make their own space and give themselves the time to enjoy it. I realize that, for a lot of people, having an entire room of their own is not practical or even possible. But, that\u2019s not a good reason for not claiming a space of your own. It can be a corner of a room or a drawer of personal items. It can even be a room that is used by the rest of the household, but that you make into your own for an hour or thirty minutes each day. For some, just getting up 30 minutes before everyone else in the house to enjoy a cup of coffee at the kitchen table while the house is still and the energy is low is enough.<\/p>\n

            Even more important than having a space is allowing for quality alone time. The key part is the \u201cquality\u201d time and not necessarily alone time. For those that live without a roommate, you may find that you spend lots of time by yourself, but do you give yourself some quality time to just relax, nap, take a bubble bath, etc? Living in a society where everything moves at warp speed can make it hard to slow down, but it is good to have some time every day when we can simply sit and breathe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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