Relaxing During Labor Day Weekend

After having a fun Saturday evening hanging out with family and friends in Brooklyn, I was back on the move early this morning, searching for a spot to reflect and journal my thoughts about yesterday's amazing experience.

Since I had already decided in my mind that I would change up my Sunday morning routine a tad bit, I was on the hunt to find an area that I usually don't spend time at, meditating or capturing my thoughts.

Then, while I was roaming around, the perfect location to visit suddenly popped into my head: the Newport Yacht Harbor.

So without further thought, I made a beeline to this soon-to-be relaxing place, with my fingers crossed, hoping that one of the benches would be free so that I could have a cozy place to sit and chill.

As luck would have it, only a few people were in the area when I arrived, so this latest impromptu excursion was off to a fabulous start!

I ended up sitting behind a woman dressed in all black with a beautiful leopard scarf that matched nicely. What's more, there was a guy dressed in all black as well, speed walking by, and I couldn't resist taking a picture with the #NYC skyline in the background. You gotta love it!

At this moment, I recall thinking that it wasn't too cold outside; in fact, I thought the temperature was ideal, so I was a bit perplexed as to why this lady was wearing a scarf. Lol!

All kidding aside, I sat there for the next 30 minutes, unloading my thoughts into my journal app without stopping to fix any typos or grammatical errors because I didn't want to break my writing rhythm or lose my train of thought.

When I was all done, my mind was clear, so I proceeded to sit and meditate for the ensuing 20 minutes. Upon completing my meditation routine, I was now ready to get my cardio in, so I stood up and did some light stretching in preparation to go for a run.

On the way to get to the jogging strip alongside the Hudson, I made a few stops to check out some landmarks, snapped a couple of pics for my photo journal, and decided to share some of the pictures with you.

Immediately after that, I took off running for 4-miles without stopping and then jumped in an Uber taxi to get back home. 😊

As for my plans for this Sunday afternoon, I will watch the newest episode of Billions on Showtime Networks Inc. on-demand, then make my famous lasagna before taking a nap. Lol!

Have a lovely Sunday.

#mindfulness #motivation #inspire