With the right mindset you can turn many everyday activities into a self-care, self-nurturing moment.  All you have to do is learn “being in the moment”.

With a crazy, hectic life “being in the moment” can be quite the challenge.  With taking care of the kids, the house, work, family, etc. we end up running in a thousand different directions leaving our cup not just empty but dry to the bone, and sometimes even cracked.  For some, the thought of adding one more thing to the schedule, like The Wonder Woman Challenge, can send them right over the edge.

How can you make yourself a priority, to express love to yourself, to fill your cup without turning it into a big deal and sending you over the edge?  After all, the point of such activities is to be nurturing and filling to the soul.  Again, the answer is “being in the moment”.  Let’s explore that.

“Being in the moment” is consciously being aware of what you are doing as you are doing it.  It’s being present.  I tell my coaching clients all the time to “notice” because we tend to go through our days mindlessly and often hurried, which means we miss out on so much in our lives.  We also miss the cues our bodies, minds, and souls give us.

If you stop long enough to listen, “being in the moment”, you will not only learn about yourself, but when you are filling your cup you’ll hear and feel the appreciation and love that will exude from within.  Sometimes a little bit of self-care combined with seriously “being in the moment” will cause an emotional reaction.  It’s like receiving a long in coming hug from a loved one.  Let me give you an example.

I practice Mary Kay’s Timewise Skin Care regimen every morning and evening.  It’sdefinitely easy to get into a mindless mindset doing a daily activity like that.  And before bed it’s also easy to moan and complain about the routine because of being so tired even though it only takes a couple of minutes.

Instead, I choose “being in the moment”.  I think about what I’m doing, why I’m doing it, what message it’s giving me, and how good it feels.  I think about the fact that I am worth taking care of.  While doing so I notice my thoughts.  While I refuse negative thoughts I will sometimes take note of them if it’s something that needs explored and healed.  Otherwise, out it goes and it’s replaced with something positive and loving.

“Being in the moment” is that simple.  It’s forgetting the schedule, the stress, the craziness and allowing yourself to just be … to be present in that very moment and noticing your thoughts and feelings and being good to yourself.

Changing your mindset to “being in the moment” can definitely turn any simple daily activity into a self-care, self-nurturing moment filling your cup with love, enabling you to freely give to those around you from a point of strength and abundance.