A Book and Bath Reset
Designed by Bearmore
Inspired by Emma WatsonBecause some days, you just want to retreat from the world.
Come back to yourself in a warm bath with a book and a 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 if you want.
The runsheet
A bath
Hot bathingWatson says she has "a bath every single day of my life" and that "nothing terrible is going to happen in the bath." Run it warm, add salts if you have them, 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
JournalingWatson keeps a daily journal, writing three joyful things, three acts of kindness she was part of, and three things she 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)Watson has described coming to mindfulness "in a literary way through reading books," naming titles like Walden. 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
Emma Watson is an English actor and activist, born in Paris in 1990 and raised in Oxfordshire. She came to fame as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films, then studied English literature at Brown University. In 2014 she became a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador and launched the HeForShe campaign. She has spoken openly about a daily bath ritual, a long-running journaling practice, and an interest in meditation and Buddhism, talking about them as ways of staying centered.