I don't remember when did I start loving spending time with myself. I feel like this all started back in college. To be perfectly honest, I really didn't have a solid core group back in college. I had fun with my batch mates from time to time, but I never really felt like I belonged 100%. Wow. This is actually making me tear up. I would feel alone most of the time.
During my freshman year, I thought it was just because I was dorm-ing and I was feeling homesick. But it still felt the same as years went by. Now, I realized that it was the major reason why I was so much into blogging back then! I felt more connected with the people who I met online. When something good or bad happened, I was more excited to blog about it than to share it with my college friends.
Back in college, I always make sure that I get either Seventeen or Cosmopolitan Magazine every month. I loved finishing it while enjoying a cup of Frappuccino or hot coffee from Starbucks. These were my monthly splurge as a college student. So yes, I think it's safe to say that it was back in college when I started giving myself that time to just sit in a cafe, read a book / magazine, watch people and/or just do nothing!
Few years back, I vowed to give myself this ME time a least once month. But as adulting happens, this gets more and more challenging as years go by. Whenever I get a chance, I grab and truly enjoy it. Today was one of those days.
After spending time with my dogs, after attending to my Women's Desk tasks, I decided to buy myself a new book, sat in na cafe, ordered iced latte and a slice of cake, scrolled on my phone and read a couple of pages of this new book that I got!
I am so grateful that I got to do it again. And here I am, blogging about. Life may be full of challenges but it is still so so good to me.
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