Today we are packing the motorhome for a small trip away.
Right now, a lot of life revolves around low energy and recovery, and maybe that is exactly why a motorhome weekend feels extra important.
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We are heading to Karlskoga for the weekend, and I truly hope the weather will be nice. There is supposed to be a lake near the campsite, and somehow that makes everything feel a little better. Even if the water is still cold, it is still possible to go for a swim.
Back home, this week has been filled with illness and exhaustion. Two meetings were planned, but one of them was cancelled. I have had a heavy headache for several days and that feeling of something lingering in the body, waiting to fully break out.
Maybe a motorhome weekend can make life feel a little easier than staying home and constantly seeing everything that needs to be done while also realizing the energy simply is not there.
Maybe that is one of the beautiful things about life in a motorhome.
To step away from all the demands for a little while.
That is how it feels right now.
Low Energy and Recovery – A Gentler Way to Pause
Have you seen my little free reflection package with the green reflection sheet?
It is not about performance or doing more. It is about pausing and checking in with yourself a little more gently.
Before the package itself there is a reflection sheet that I am using a lot myself right now. I am testing it while trying to feel whether the questions actually help people find their way back to green within themselves.
Not to rewrite their whole story.
Not to overanalyze themselves.
But to stay present even when things go wrong and try to meet themselves with a little more kindness.
I think a lot begins there.
In the way we speak to ourselves when life feels heavy.
And maybe that is exactly why I share it while also using it myself.
Maybe we do not have to do everything alone.
Maybe we can try together.
🌿 Weekly Reflection
Take a few quiet minutes and reflect on your week or your day.
This is not about doing things perfectly — it is about understanding yourself a little more gently.
🌿 How Has Your Energy Felt Today?
The energy this week has been heavy. Even though I have spent some time gardening, my body has felt slow and difficult to get going. I can feel that I may be getting sick.
I need to become more accepting toward myself in this. Rome was not built in a day, and I need to allow myself to take calm and gentle steps.
This is the second week of low energy. Last week my stomach was acting up and I had a fever. This week it has been exhaustion, headaches, and that lingering feeling of illness underneath everything.
Maybe we are not supposed to perform as if we are completely healthy all the time.
❤️ Did I Say Something Kind to Myself Today?
Yes, actually.
There have been many thoughts spinning around in my head. But when I asked myself:
“What do I need right now?”
The same answers kept coming back again and again:
Rest.
Pause for real.
Do less.
Sit still.
Enjoy the garden and the surroundings.
Accept that things are not running away from you.
I need the stillness.
I need a blanket wrapped around me.
🌿 What Took More Energy Than I Thought?
Almost everything has taken energy lately.
Cooking.
Walking in the garden.
Out there I feel stressed by everything that should be done in the garden. But it can wait.
When I instead allowed myself to do one thing at a time — like peeling potatoes and resting afterward — my body somehow felt softer. And even though everything moved slowly, things still got done.
🟢 What Helped Me Stay More in the Green?
What has felt green this week is stopping and realizing that I do not have to perform all the time.
What is not done today will still be there another day.
Another green thing has been not feeling forced to write on the blog. Even though I have written every day, I have done it because I wanted to. The words have still been there.
🌿 Today’s Small Step
This week I have let my energy guide me.
Resting between tasks.
Accepting that everything truly does not have to be perfect.
Something small counts too.
Small steps instead of perfection.
🌿 Download the Reflection Sheet Here
Download the reflection sheet here:
Print it out and give yourself a little green time.
Between the Lines
Maybe this is where we sometimes find our way back to ourselves.
Not when we push harder, but when we dare to slow down and listen to the body before it starts screaming.
It is easy to believe that rest means giving up.
But sometimes rest is the most caring thing we can do for ourselves.
And maybe that is where green begins.
Not in performance — but in permission.
One green thing this week has been accepting that low energy and recovery also deserve space in life sometimes.
💭 Questions for You Reading
How do you usually speak to yourself when your body or energy is not enough?
Do you struggle to rest without feeling guilty?
And what helps you return to your own green — that softer calm within yourself?
Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments. 🌿
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Yesterday has already come to rest in history, tomorrow is waiting further ahead. But right now — this is where life happens.
Maybe you will find something else to recognize yourself in among my earlier texts about ADHD, recovery, everyday life and learning to take smaller and gentler steps through life.
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