What's one weekly ritual that helps you reset and feel grounded — something kind and cozy you do for yourself or your home, like picking up flowers, visiting the farmers market, or ironing your sheets?

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TanyaF · Answer

Botanical Brothers: These incredible flowers arrive at my house bi-weekly with a beautiful card that has step by step directions of how to arrange them and then I spend 10 minutes entirely focused on trimming, placing, learning the names of all kinds of flowers. Often the most calming 10 minutes of my week.

Soph · Answer

TRE Shaking: I prefer the laying down leg shaking exercise. 5-10 mins is all I need to let my body process the stress it needs to. Like a deer in the woods, my soft animal body wants this once a week to let shit go.

Wine Guy · Answer

Brochu Walker Morning Light Eau Parfumee Spray: Energizing and recharging home scent. Windswept florals are brightened by notes of Bergamot and the zesty spice of Cardamom

Amanda · Answer

Sunday night dinner with friends: The village is hungry!

Petra · Answer

CINEMA: Kinoprogramm, Filme, DVDs, Stars, Trailer und mehr | cinema.de: Cinema - I bring a whole new world between work and sleep!

Here · Answer

Soup Sunday: From mid-September to mid-March I tried to make soup every Sunday!

Anna Griffin · Answer

samin nosrat substack granola: Baking granola on a Sunday afternoon…a delicious treat (the toasted coconut!) to snack on all week long, and your kitchen will smell incredible.

S.P.A. QUEEN · Answer

trader joes flowers: I got peonies today 💐

AKB · Answer

Farmer’s Market: It’s my Saturday morning thing I do to relax and think about things coming up. And I usually do it alone after polling the family. Sometimes I leave with ice cream and pasta and sometimes I get everything. Just a moment to pause and consider the next few days. I want a midweek one near me but nothing yet…

Emily · Answer

meal plan/grocery order + flowers: I try and do a grocery order/meal plan while my toddler sleeps during one weekend nap every single week. It sets us up for success and by planning I can use up ingredients I have and do a fridge clean out too.

I also love to grab a bouquet of flowers from our farmer’s market to spark some joy for the week.

Dylan · Answer

Transformazing Sheet Mask: Can't go past these sheet masks. Perfect after a big night / week / life.

Shannon · Answer

10 min morning meditation: Any meditation practice first thing in the morning. It’s grounding and now it feels necessary to me. I use the Daily Calm but anything works. Just 10 minutes of quiet breathing.

Emily · Answer

dry needling: My acupuncturist dry needles my traps and masseter at the end of our weekly session. I hold my tension in my head / neck / shoulders. It’s the most effective release each week.

Asli · Answer

Write your anxieties away: It helps me to write down all my worries down for the week so it is out of my head.

benji · Answer

QC Spa New York: The sauna! I’m sure there’s a way to expense this on your FSA account

Sjane37 · Answer

Dermaplaning: There is something so gratifying about sitting down on a Sunday night and scraping the remains of the previous week from my face. Is it just peach fuzz and dead skin? Yes. Does it feel wonderfully cathartic. Also yes.

Hallie · Answer

Salt scrub before bed: I salt scrub nightly, but weekly (or whenever you feel called) is still effective! I’ve tried dozens of brands and this is by far my favorite. It’s exfoliating, moisturizing, and quite calming. And, most importantly, salt cleanses your energetic field of whatever/ whomever’s vibes you’ve picked up.

This is a nonnegotiable on days when I’m interacting with/around a lot of strangers, or if I’m having heavy or tense conversations. Slough off that day or week’s energy and let it flow down the drain. Emerge from the shower cleansed, nourished, and ready for a restful night’s sleep

Sam · Answer

Bath: A long, hot, bubbly bath ideally with some sort of bath salts, scented candles, soft music, and a good book.

S.P.A. QUEEN · Answer

dry brush before showering: From the spblog chat

S.P.A. QUEEN · Answer

flower walk the neighborhood: See what’s blooming in my neighborhood

Abby Phoenix · Answer

Books & Boba: This is something I do with my kids but it’s just as much for me! Every Saturday afternoon, we walk to the library and then to the boba shop.

Libraries are magical places in general, but I think especially so when you make them a regular habit and become part of their community. And we go to the boba shop enough that they gave us a free tote bag (well, if free = you spend money here every single weekend). 😝

A treat for the mind and tastebuds!