6.8.21 // a mental snapshot
A mental snapshot: June 9th.
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We stop to take photos all the time. We want to visually capture a beautiful moment.
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But how often do we stop to take a mental snapshot? To check-in with ourselves and record, like we would a photo, a view into our mind given the time and space we are in.
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This morning when I was journaling I did a pulse check snapshot on myself for the first time in a long time.
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I took note of the things I'm loving and the challenges that I'm having.
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Not only does snapshotting my mind encourage me to think about my present moment and the way I'm currently living, but it gives me a tangible way to track my changes as a human.
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*I should clarify I am not tracking for progress alone, and actually think "progress" has the potential to become a slippery slope for a forced sense of needing to "get better."*
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Rather this exercise is a fun way to see myself change and understand myself on a deeper level. When we look back on photos we think lovingly about a time, this exercise does the same thing but for our thoughts...
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Here are some of the bullet points I wrote down this morning:
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Things I'm loving: painting, the trail loop in Tivoli I've been running, roasted broccoli, listening to Brene Brown and Glennon Doyle podcasts, seeing new places with Taylor, slow mornings, playing cards, learning radical self-love, chickpeas, sinking time into figuring out how I want to show up in life, therapy, young adult fiction series.
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Things I'm struggling with: missing scout, trying to do too much self-help (burnout), being in Italy and not speaking Italian, having a hard time making friends in Italy, getting angry when I'm triggered.
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There are also bullet points that I'm opting out of sharing for now, but in my lists, I try to incorporate as much truth as I can (don't photoshop your mental snapshot).
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And while it's been a while since I've done one of these, I'm sharing here to recommit to taking more mental snapshots and celebrating the moments when I get to check in on myself.
