PRESERVING THE BODY, PRESERVING THE CULTURE with Kayla Glemaud Do you have any tips, tricks or practices you use to avoid stress, especially as a senior? "I would say really focus on being present. It's something that's been a really big game changer for me. I think I spent a lot of last semester so worried about what's going to come next. It felt like everyone and their mothers were asking, what are you doing post graduation? What are you doing post grad? And I'm like, I don't know! All of the uncertainty would really, really stress me out. Like do I have to move back home? All these What does self different things. Not everyone has it figured out, and that's okay. care mean to you? Just embrace the uncertainty because we're still in a pandemic, like being uncertain. So, I would say lean into that uncer"I would say self care means I guess like, tainty instead of being so afraid of it. Be in the moment, honoring your needs, and moment to moment because this is kind of the last time I'll be with this basis and kind of standing in your truth. I think a group of people in this space again. I don't lot of times, self care is not like the things that you want to miss out on this moment bedo. Its not throwing out a mask and like doing your cause I'm worried about the nails or unwinding. That can be included in self care, future." but self care is like, not going out to drink tonight in like, and not gonna forcing myself to rally and go super hard. It's like if I don't feel it, I'm not going to go. But again, listening to your body, listening to your state of being, going with it and kind of trusting that intuition."
Can you describe your ideal morning? " I definitely got into a really good routine when I was in quarantine. I'm very much a morning person, so I'd be up around like, seven, seven-thirty. I would make myself either like matcha latte or coffee, and then listen to a podcast. I really like [the podcasts] 10% Happier and The Minimalist--those are like my go tos. I would meditate and do yoga. It was a very busy morning, but it was just a very soothing way to kind of start my mornings. And I also got to a point where I didn't need an alarm, so that was great. Then I would not necessarily do yoga, but just like stretch a little bit. Then, I'd see my parents and have breakfast."
