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Day 111: Sundays

I've mentioned my Sundays before. I'm so grateful for them. And even though my work situation has changed and I'm not at the front desk interacting as much I still need my Sundays, maybe now more than I did then.  Now I'm working full time and so its added a need for downtime in my life.  I'm so grateful for the chance on my Sundays to breathe.  I get a minimum of 6 hours all by myself on Sundays.  Bliss.  Sometimes that looks like grocery shopping, cleaning, or cooking.  Or other times it has looked like I am a lump on the couch and I gorge on either TV/Movies or Reading or sometimes its a mix of both!  I sometimes don't even turn on my phone and I am on social media very little, I truly try to breathe by unplugging the ways I know I need for sanity.  It makes for a happier, more joyful, rested in spirit Beth and the people in my life are probably pretty grateful for that.  :)

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