What feeds your soul?
A reminder because it’s World Mental Health Day
Digitally Exhausted came to be because I wanted a place to share my thoughts on tech’s societal impact. My writing covers social media’s spaghetti-like complexities, the curiosities of BIG tech, and why digital self-care is just as important as eating your vegetables.I am popping in with a short post to pose you a question because today is World Mental Health Day: What feeds your soul?
The world spins madly on (at hyper speed) and it’s easy to neglect the little things we do to keep us sane.
Daily, I try to move my body, eat a sweet treat (even if it’s an expensive protein bar that I could probably go without but eat anyway because it’s yummy), journal, listen to music that gets me grooving, talk with friends or family, and silence my phone for extent periods.
These are little things I do to support me to be the best version of myself. They don’t happen every day because life gets in the way sometimes. But that’s okay.
Changing my digital habits over the years has also drastically improved my mental health—like when I silence my phone.
So, my dear reader, today is a reminder to feed your soul. Do what you’ve gotta do to be present and enjoy the big life you’re living.
Currently, digitally exhausted with…
Storage… my iCloud storage is FULL to the brim which means it is time to do a massive digital sweep and delete. Whenever this happens it’s overwhelming but it has to be done just like the dishes and laundry.
Wherever you are, be there ✨
I was in Portugal a few weeks ago for a dance event, Little Big Swing. Y’all, this is my favorite dance festival I have been to hands down. The people, the music, the weather, the dancing, the event had everything and more.
It was in São Pedro do Sul, a small town an hour outside of Porto. Imagine 200-ish dancers and musicians taking over this quaint little place. Don’t worry, we didn’t conquer but we added to the population for 5 days.
There are many wonderful moments from Little Big Swing, but my favorite was making new friends at the B&B I stayed at. I was befriended by 5 elderly (young at heart) individuals who were entertained by my reason for visiting São Pedro, and for me, by our ways of communicating. No one spoke English, except for one gentleman who speaks 5 languages—he had not spoken English in over 20 years and shared he was grateful for my visit because words he had forgotten came flooding back to him. However, everyone in the group spoke French so I pulled out my high school French to have, what I am sure, were embarrassing conversations—merci, Monsieur Perry! It was a heartwarming, goofy, and delightful experience I will cherish forever.
This is us at a late lunch. I ate rice and beans that had a mixture of different meats, cheese and bread, chocolate orange cake, cheesecake, and lots of Portuguese red wine.
Please, smile and say hi to people. You never know who you’ll meet or the experiences you’ll have.
If you ever visit São Pedro do Sul, I stayed at Loureiro B&B.
Until next time,
Wherever you are, be there.
Puppy smiles fuel my soul.