A Scarf Just for Me

You know it isn't often I make something just for me. In fact, I hardly ever do. Are you that way too? Do you put everything and everyone else in front of you? Sometimes it just goes along with responsibility and that is fine, but then there are times you can do something just for you and you still don't.

So I have had this yarn for a long time. Saved it back just for me because I love the texture and color. My daughter picked it out for me a couple years back for my birthday. It's a reddish magenta colored boucle by Louisa Harding Yarns made from mohair (60%), viscose (25%) and polyamide (15%). Lovely stuff!!! It has specks of various colors running through it.

Life is busy and life gets in the way of a lot of things we want to do as adults. But honestly it is a choice isn't it? I choose to put things off for me. I don't think I want to do that much anymore.

It's kind of like losing weight for me. I want to, but I have to make the choice to do it. I can say, "I had a bad day and eat a really bad meal" or I can say...."I had a bad day, but I am going to eat something healthy for me because my body, mind and soul deserve to be fed well." I am losing weight slowly and hit a milestone lately, which has boosted my good choices. Some days I remember to eat healthy and work out for the right reasons. Then some days I completely forget and fall back into my old habits. Not on purpose at all...just happens. It's like I go on auto pilot and just do what I know instead of doing what I know would be better. But I am going forward and putting my health ahead of other things that can wait.

So, I will knit this gorgeous scarf for me now because I want to. Because I think it's high time to take time to do something a little extra for me. Other things can wait for the moment. No need to wait any longer because I am worth it!