Harder than I thought

Yesterday was divine awareness. I drew the card, meditated on it for a while, and that was pretty much the end of it. There was a time that I was able to keep the day's message at the back of my head, and see how it had a hand in my day. That seems to be taking some practice to bring back.
I seem to be emerging from my funk. I was in a place where I had next to no motivation. I feel energy starting to come back.
I bought a dry rub scrub brush (is that what it's called?). It pains me to write that, because I broke a cardinal rule in doing so. You don't buy anything for yourself before Christmas or your birthday. It invariably infringes on a gift that someone has already gotten you. So while I can hear the shouts of dismay from family...if any of you had bought this for me for Christmas, I will go out and buy a hat for the sole purpose of eating it. And don't go out and buy one just so you can say you had already done it.
Anyway, I used the brush yesterday, and did feel quite invigorated afterwards, though a little scared by the dead skin. But there is something in knowing I was sloughing that off...new beginnings, new life. Get rid of what you don't need.