Anew Me

It was about 10pm EST when I began to journal, falling asleep unintentionally. "This bed is so comfortable!" I thought to myself and smiled. Wait a minute. "If I'm thinking to myself that means I'm up right?" My eyes squeezed shut as I stretched my arms above my head and my straightened my legs underneath the warm blanket. Groaning, I rubbed my legs against the soft grey fleece. My knee hit the connector part leading down to a wire that was plugged into an extension cord. Electric blankets are the best I thought to myself as I slowly sat up in bed. "What the-" I said, looking around the room confused. I see my dresser and bed and that's my tapestry on the wall, but this room looks slightly different.

Rubbing my eyes, I shrug it off because clearly I'm tripping. I grab the remote control for my firestick and point it at the TV; both of which I recognize, and turn it on. "Yea girl you buggin" I say to myself as I navigate to YouTube to one of my favorite workout playlists. Singing along, I start to make my bed. I change into my workout clothes, grab my yoga mat and make my way into the front room. Another unfamiliar looking room that feels like home! I shrug it off again and lay out my mat. I freestyle various stretches and yoga poses while the music plays loudly from my bedroom. Out of breath, I stop to go get a bottle of water out the fridge. I hold the refrigerator door open as I gulp down half the bottle in one swig. I did mention that I was thirsty right? LOL. I stare at the food, trying to decide on a nice breakfast to a make. Nothing appeals to me so I sigh and roll my eyes while I close the door. Once I finish my water I walk back into the front room, bending over to roll up my mat and put it away.

I go to the bathroom and start the hot water for a shower. At this point I can't hear the music so I'm singing whatever songs come to my mind. I dance while I lather up and rinse off. Grabbing a towel I dry off and step out the tub. I continue to dance (this time to the music still playing on my TV) as I push hanger after hanger searching for an outfit. "Yes yes" I say encouragingly as I put my clothes on and spray my perfume. I walk to the kitchen and make some tea and surprisingly not coffee. I take a sip of tea as I arrange a rose quartz necklace inside my picture box. Feeling artsy I grab a small bonsai tree and lay the necklace in front of it. "Perfect!" I exclaim and run to my camera with a huge smile on my face. Playing with the lighting and the focus a bit before snapping a few pictures. I edit the pictures on my laptop and then post them on all my social media accounts with hashtags.

By now my stomach is growling and I decide on a smoothie with some yogurt. After I make my smoothie I sit at the table to drink it and eat a banana nut muffin. "Cha-ching" goes my phone, indicating someone placed an order. "Time to post again" I say in reply, walking to my wall of crystals to select a piece to feature next. I select a bracelet and use the same bonsai I used in the last picture. It looks perfect so I post it on my accounts using hashtags. Grabbing my current book, I sit in my hammock swing with another bottle of water to drink. I swing and read and hydrate for about 2 hours until my alarm goes off. I sit the water and book down and stretch for and do 22 jumping jacks. I put the book back on the shelf and the empty water bottle in the recycle bin. I get on my laptop and generate a discount code for my etsy shop and email the code to all of my clients. I grab my crystals and tools and sit at the table and create for a few hours. I make a beautiful amethyst bracelet and matching necklace. Stopping to roll my neck and shoulders, I yawn and flex my fingers out.

My daughter finally emerges from her room, asking me about dinner. I tell her when it will be ready and wash my hands to cook. I make noodles using a zucchini and make a quick spinach casserole and set the timer. I put meditation music on and sit on the couch. I hear my phone cha-ching as another sale in my shop goes through. When the times goes off I take the casserole out the oven and put garlic toast in. My daughter points to all the things spread on the dining table and grabs two trays for us to eat on. She sets the trays in front of the couch and pours two cups of juice. I take the garlic toast out make our plates and carry them to the front room. We find something to watch while we eat and when we're done she cleans the kitchen.

I take another product photo while my daughter says goodnight and goes to her room. I burn incense and pour wine and straighten my dining room. After checking the door is locked and stopping in on my daughter, I go to my room exhausted. I turn my electric blanket on 3 and climb into bed, falling asleep immediately. I wake up smiling, thinking about my day and how different I am after implementing all these changes I decided to make in January. I weened myself off coffee, I'm drinking a lot of water everyday. I'm doing yoga and eating healthy and the amount of energy I focus on my business now is awesome. I deserve a pat on the back and I sit up to give myself that pat. "What the-" I say again as I jump up and fumble to find the light switch. Now my room looks familiar and as I look at the bed I just got out off I see a pen and notebook on the floor. "Ha" I say as I read my rough draft for a challenge I wrote to submit to Vocal. Time to make that dream a reality!