Reflections on Mindful Monday | Alive and Thriving Yr3

I took a week off from my daily #aliveandthriving posts as I was feeling a bit too tired a week or so ago. It has been awhile since we got our annual vacation getaway from the daily hustle and bustle of city life. Perhaps if I was living closer to nature, I would not feel the burnout so much. It came to a point when I was asking myself if that was all there is to life -- wake up, work, cook, eat, clean, feed pets, sleep, etc. It's like living life on a time loop every single day.

Mostly I like achieving balance in all that I do. Work and play. Clean up and rest. I'm sure you get the picture. I have also managed to simplify my life in that I have very little wants, mostly focused on just needs. Life's little pleasures. That's something I have identified early on and know which ones I can do with or without. If there was one thing good that came out of the plandemic, it was that I got to test my life's practices. Except for the travel part, I'd say I was quite okay with everything else. We never really liked crowds nor going to crowded places. Going to the mall is a scheduled event, one that we do when we need to purchase grocery items.

Lately I want to save up on kitty food spending that I go out of my way to cook a big batch once a week, store them and just reheat to feed them daily. So far it's working. I just need to exert a bit more effort to do the prepping and cooking part. I kinda like it so all's well.

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It has been a year since Mom passed on. The sadness remains. I guess it won't ever go away, as a small part of me will now be empty. It is what it is. I need to live with that. Life still goes on, however. Last Mother's Day, we ordered this special bouquet to be placed on mom's vault. It's truly pretty, and I hope wherever she is, she is happy.

There's a lot more work that needs to be done around the flat. I guess I should focus more on that. For the past years, Hive has been an escape for me. It was even my therapy when we lost Mom. Now I have realized that I also want to spend some time IRL (in real life) to work on tasks that still need to be done. Balance and harmony. I want more of that in my life. I will be online daily, but I strive to spend an equal amount of offline time too to work on myself and my 3D life. LOL! Until then, see you when I see you next...