3 Ways to Make a Season of Transition Easier
Get Back Into a Routine
3. MAKE EXERCISE PART OF YOUR DAY. Exercise can provide so many benefits, including improving mental clarity, handling stress better, and activating mood-boosting hormones. Finding a way to fit exercise into your day, especially when your life is in transition, is a necessity. Even if you can’t get to the gym for an intense class, do 10 squats as you’re waiting for kids to get ready or take a walk around the block between phone calls. Small movements add up. Remember, change may not be easy, but with time and positive habits, you will get to a more harmonious place. Use these and other positive tools to help you feel good about any transition.
As Ashley shared on the cover, changes in seasons, whether external or internal, can be challenging and also wonderful as you adjust to a new routine. Here are three ways to make the transition feel more harmonious and less disruptive. EASE INTO AN EARLIER BEDTIME. Going from the freedom of summer nights, when you stay up a little later, to the more structured evenings of the school year can be tricky. Instead of moving your bedtime from 10 p.m. to 8 p.m. in one night (or a similarly drastic transition), ease into it with half-hour increments. Start by winding down earlier, maybe with 30 minutes of reading before bed. Power off electronics and the TV one hour before bedtime, as well. 2. START YOUR MORNING WITH A GRATIFYING TRADITION. While the rare human may enjoy waking up early, you can help yourself and your kids look forward to it a bit more by creating a morning tradition that starts the day off on a positive note. It can be yoga poses, like a sun salutation, or five minutes of meditation while your cup of coffee is brewing. Yoga Wake Up is an app that you set to align with your wake-up time, and it provides gentle yoga poses, some you can do as you’re laying down. They even have routines geared toward kids.
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Roasted Corn Salsa
ingredients
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1/4 bunch cilantro leaves, sliced
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2 medium ears of corn, shucked
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Juice of 1 lime
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1 jalapeño or Fresno chile, seeded and thinly sliced
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Kosher salt, to taste
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1/2 red onion, diced
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1 large tomato, cored, seeded, and finely chopped
Directions
1. Heat a cast-iron skillet to high. Char corn, turning occasionally, for 10–14 minutes until kernels begin to blacken in spots. 2. Using a sharp knife, remove corn kernels from cobs and transfer to a large mixing bowl. 3. With a wooden spoon or potato masher, gently crush corn to release starch and juices. 4. Add jalapeño, onion, tomato, and cilantro. Mix to combine. 5. Top with lime juice and season with salt. 6. Serve alongside your favorite tortilla chips.
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