Self (Cyber) Care

Today’s blog is short and sweet. Everyone is talking about self care. And with good reason. As a VERY busy mommy of three who owns two businesses, I get that self care is super important. It’s the reason I get quarterly massages at my happy place (Thann Sactuary), keep countless essential oils in my purse, on my counters, in the bathrooms and in every drawer, in the car, it’s why I diffuse them throughout my house…(you get the picture–my life is littered with essential oils!), it’s the reason I lock myself in my room for 30 minutes when my husband is home from work, it’s why I savor a good cup of coffee or tea, and the reason I take early morning walks as the sun is coming up before all the little creatures in my house are up and awake. It’s also the reason I took ten or fifteen minutes to do this next thing which turned out to be WAY more important than I ever thought it would be.

One day I was wasting seconds–maybe minutes–deleting annoying spam emails. Each and every time I do this I grumble to myself…”this is SO annoying….such a waste of time…I don’t even like half of these companies…why do I get so many of these?!” And so on and so forth. Talk about a negative attitude manifesting itself within SECONDS of me picking up my phone. I would hear my inner thoughts and think NOT GOOD. Your thoughts are extremely powerful and help to manifest everything from the way your day will go to the money that comes to you, the career you have, your relationships and beyond (and delving into this concept, which is called the “law of attraction”, is for another time!).

So back to today’s thought…this may seem too simple and too obvious but unless I’m the only one who has just never taken the time to do this, my short blog today could fill you with a sense of relief, add a few minutes to your day, or perhaps most importantly, just improve your daily attitude!

So here’s the big revelation…UNSUBSCRIBE TO EACH AND EVERY SPAM EMAIL! Yes, it takes a few extra minutes on the front end but I cannot even tell you how this tiny little act has improved my daily attitude! When I check my emails now, my inbox is full of just the things I want to see and emails from REAL people. When I pick up my phone, there aren’t 25 zero-content messages in my inbox.

Of course I missed many solicitations on the first round of purging because they don’t all come on the same day, so as they kept piling into my inbox in the days to follow, I just took a few extra seconds to click the unsubscribe button and follow through with getting those emails out of my inbox for good. So liberating! Just like cleaning out an over-stuffed closet or finally ditching those “I’ll wear these again someday” clothes at the back of your closet. It seems obvious and simple but purging can feel so liberating and like such a burden has been lifted! I have written about purging your STUFF before (check out the post on tag sales) but purging your CYBER “stuff” is equally important. Do. This. Now. Your heart will feel a little bit lighter, your mind a little less clogged, and you’ll be smiling like a kid with an ice cream cone. Trust me. Who doesn’t want to be sporting a smile like this? 😉