A Book and Bath Reset
Designed by BearmoreBecause some days, you just want to retreat from the world.
Come back to yourself in a warm bath with a book and some journaling. A long bath, reading without rushing, and a short journal session that focuses on what went well today. This takes about an hour, and you can leave the phone in another room.
The runsheet
A bath
Hot bathingRun it warm and add salts if you have them, with your phone in another room. Fifteen minutes still counts if that is all you can spare.
15 min activityBearmore’s thoughts on doing hot bathing before journaling
This is an excellent pairing because writing can help you capture any thoughts or insights that came up before they drift away.
One journal prompt
JournalingKeep a journal of three joyful things, three acts of kindness you were part of, and three things you did well. Once you are dry and warm, take those prompts and write what you feel about them. Keep it small; a few lines each is plenty.
12 min activityBearmore’s thoughts on doing journaling before reading (mindful)
This can be a good pairing because the reflective state from writing can carry into mindful reading and a patient engagement.
Read for fifteen minutes (or longer)
Reading (mindful)Bring something you want to sink into, not to have to finish. Read slowly, in or beside the bath.
15 min activityTime well spent.
1h 2m spent doing something good for yourself.
The breakdown
Burst evaluation
Wellbeing focus
About this Burst
A slow, contained block for rainy evenings or days when you feel flat, when you want comfort more than productivity. You run a hot bath, sink in with a book, then dry off and write a little. The point is to step out of the day's current and feel like yourself again before anything more is asked of you. Treat the journal as a gentle accounting of small good things, not a task. Adapt the timings to the evening you have: a fifteen-minute soak still counts.