| 11 January |
Coloring On The Walls |
MissMunchkin (my 22mo) got a set of bath crayons this week. She’s had great fun coloring on the bathtub walls. They wipe right off, as long as you do so that night, after that they still come off, they just take a (little) bit more work.
I was taking my evening bath, looking at my now technicolor tub and the wheels started to turn. What other things could these crayons be used for?
These are some of the things I came up with:
- Erase Your Stress - Get in the tub and write out everything that stressed you out that day. Then take great pleasure in crossing it out, wiping it off, etc. This could also work for anger, fear, annoyances, bad habits…
- Affirmation Ambience - Write you daily affirmations on the wall and take a nice long soak. Every time you look, there they are! Instead of dwelling on your day, you refocus on the positive changes you are working toward.
- Bath Brain Dump - Every time I get in the tub it seems like my brain suddenly kicks into overdrive. I suddenly remember everything I didn’t get done today, the things that need done tomorrow, a new idea to write about, a new story idea, what color I want to paint the walls in the kitchen… This happens when I try to go to sleep too. Problem is when I get out (or wake up) I don’t remember a quarter of it. What if I took a bath crayon and jotted everything down? Then I could let it go, assured I would now remember it, and enjoy my nightly self-indulgence. Afterwards I could transfer the notes to the appropriate places and wipe then off the tub.
- Morning Messages - This one is more tricky as it requires a couple of qualifications. 1) You have to take a morning shower. 2) You have to be awake enough to read. Which means your eyes have to actually be open! I discarded this one for myself, but I’ll throw it out there for you morning people. On the wall you could put reminds of things to do before you leave the house, or your morning affirmations, or whatever. You could also leave messages to your partner.
It’s amazing what you do when you take what seems like a simple child’s toy out of it’s normal box?
What others ways can you think of?
