A New Way to Unwind

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     This previous summer I began my third co-op in New York City, and each day I was noticing myself slip into the same schedule each day. I was coming home, eating dinner, getting ready for bed and then getting on my phone to finish the rest of the evening. During co-op I finally have time at the end of my day to do things that I actually want to do instead of doing homework, such as crafting, reading and going for walks to see more of the city. I noticed each day was me anxiously waiting for the following day of work and I was struggling to actually be present in each day. For this experience I decided to do something about this and make more out of each of my days. I decided to choose at least one of the tasks I want to do each day, reading, crafting and going for walks, as a way to make each day more fulfilling and live in the present more as well as creating a better work/life balance for myself. 

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     Instead of each day blurring together as they were in the past, I was beginning to get more out of each of my days. When I got home from work I would make jewelry and scrapbook, read or go for a walk. My weekends were always full of experiencing the city but when the weekdays came around all I did was go to work and come back home. Doing and seeing more during each of my days allowed me to get even more out of my time in the city. Below are some images of places I went after work, books I read, and some crafts I made: 

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Me on the ferry, at a park near my house and at Central Park!!

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Some walk sights, a cute cocktail lounge, a bracelet I made and a page out of my scrapbook 

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     Through this experience I was becoming more present in each day and I was finding myself worrying about the upcoming days at work less. I knew the following day was going to come no matter what, and allowing myself to just deal with it when it comes and use my current time for things I want to do instead was something that really helped me. Even after this experience has ended I find myself still feeling like I am living more in the present than I have in the past and being more accepting of the days to come and not thinking anxiously about what may come in the next day.

    

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