My Bucket is Filled to the Brim!
This morning I rolled out of bed, walked into the kitchen and found my sweet sweet boy had made breakfast! James baked blueberry muffins all by himself and made me a cup of tea and wrote a sweet note. Aw! My bucket is so filled!
Have you read the book (Ad) How Full is Your Bucket? We learned about it in kindergarten I think and “bucket filling” and “bucket dipping” quickly became words we used a lot in our family.
The basic premise is we all have an imaginary bucket of water over our heads and when nice things happen, it fills our bucket up. When bad things happen that make us feel bad, it dips the bucket. So the goal is to fill up your bucket by doing things that make you feel good, and also to fill up everyone else’s bucket because that makes us all feel good.
I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately and focusing on self care – filling my own bucket. I’ve been getting up early every morning to do yoga, something that really fills my bucket, but I sometimes make excuses not to get on the mat. I’ve also been taking more time to write for myself, journal, plan, and design which is all stuff I love.
I think when I’m doing all of those things, I’m a better person. More loving, more connected, and more receptive to my family and that circles back around with lovely breakfasts like James made me today. The more I take care of myself and fill my own bucket, the more I fill my family’s bucket and the more they want to fill mine right back. Round and round it goes!
Let’s go quilt,
Leah Day
P.S Did you notice the quilt on my table??? Yep, I took a leaf out of Laura Coia’s book and I’m using quilts as tablecloths now!
This quilt is going to be a super fun project and mini quilt along next month. Hint – You might want to (Ad) subscribe to Quilty Box so you can join in the fun!
