Sass and Sippy Cups

Self care is being talked about everywhere these days. There is no denying the physical and mental health benefits of putting ourselves first. But there's also no denying we are all busy as hell. Between work, family, housework, and everything else, who has time to take up a hobby or take a class? There are ways to work in self care regardless of how much time we can spare. At the bare minimum, we can multitask. Listen to a podcast or audiobook on your commute or during your workout. Blast the tunes and have a dance party while doing housework. Grab a pretty bouquet of flowers while you're at the grocery store. I know that when the apartment is clean, candles are lit, and I have pretty flowers to look at, I'm immediately in a better mood. I color my hair at home, so while it processes, I soak in a bath. Here are some ideas if you have some more time: go for a walk sit outside with a drink and read/color/write/do a ...

Adult Coloring: Supplies Before it was cool, and before I even started teaching preschool, I was guilty of going to Walmart and buying kids coloring books and the biggest sets of crayons I could find… FOR MYSELF. I’ve never been good at any other types of art, no matter how many times I tried. But I just love color, and coloring has always mellowed me out. When adult coloring became popular, I tried for the life of me to get into it. I just couldn’t. I hated the tiny, detailed patterns that were absolutely impossible to find something skinny enough to fill them in with. Far from being relaxing, it made me want to throw all my coloring pages in the shredder. That is, until recently when I decided to give it another shot. I watched some YouTube videos on the topic of adult coloring. I learned what you can use to color, and techniques to make my pages look like they were colored by an adult and not a child.   I’m still new at this, and I’m by no means an art student or an expe...