Mindfulness Check-in: October 6
Hello everyone, happy Sunday! I cant believe its October already! I hope everyone is having a great month so far. Lets take some time to answer some check-in questions about being mindful of what affects your emotions positively and negatively. Feel free to add anything else youd like to share with the community.
Do you find that your environment affects your mood? Does a cleaner space positively affect your emotions?
What is a self-care activity you could perform today to boost your mood?
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@fairyava
Do you find that your environment affects your mood? Does a cleaner space positively affect your emotions? yes and yes
What is a self-care activity you could perform today to boost your mood? enjoy a movie or book before bed
@Mellietronx I find self care right before bed helps me sleep. That's great!
@Mellietronx I'm going to read my book before bed too 
Environment affects my mood significantly! I find that even though my initial desire is to nest in a messy room in the dark, keeping things tidy and bringing in a little sunshine is actually remarkably better for me, even in the short term!
Today I have to go to my boyfriend's house to pick up some things (and tidy up a weekend mess I left), and while I'm there I'm going to do some tasks for myself that i technically don't need to be at home to do, and thusly kill two birds with one stone. It will make me feel less stressed and anxious about all the things I need to get done.
@betterchoices I can relate to wanting to stay in the dark! My partner introduced me to blackout curtains... wow. Unless we leave some of the curtain open it gets really dark and I just want to stay in bed in the morning! lol I do find natural light is really helpful though - opening the shades in the living room (where my computer desk is, where I eat, etc.) after getting up helps me stay up. ☀️
@fairyava
Hi fairyava, thanks for this great post! 
1. Do you find that your environment affects your mood? Does a cleaner space positively affect your emotions?
Yesss, I love my place clean and organized, not going into extremes but everything has it's place, I do not like going on a search if I need something
2. What is a self-care activity you could perform today to boost your mood?
I did tabata training today, yoga and outside walk and morning meditation. lateron i will do my "bed" meditation.
@fairyava
Yes, my environment definitely affects my mood. Even my partner's mood can affect mine. Dreary skies can affect my mood. I always try to keep my space organized and I feel better that way, I'm a pretty organized person in general.
One self-care activity I can do tonight before bed is read my self-help book about codependency (it runs in my family unfortunately). It does make me feel better that I read it because I learn from it but also I want to finish the damn book lol Little by little I guess!
@fairyava
Do you find that your environment affects your mood? Does a cleaner space positively affect your emotions?
Yes, definitely! I'm a neat freak, clean person. I feel settled when things are in order around me. I make it easy to clean and keep things clean and enjoy cleaning. Environments under my control can affect my mood. But when I can't control the environment, like outside, neighbors, visiting different places, friends, etc, it doesn't bother me. I'm not there for the environment, I'm there for whatever the purpose is, so I don't let it bother me or change my mood.
What is a self-care activity you could perform today to boost your mood?
I could finish my work so I don't feel like I'm procrastinating any more.
