What strategies do you use to increase comfort in your daily life?
A quick list. 🙂
I’m not a list maker. However, when I feel stressed, making a list declutters my mind. It helps tremendously.
I take the time to pray. Confession and worship are so good for the body, spirit, soul and mind. It restores me. It’s a declutter of the inner person, a washing of the disease of the world. Some think that praying is boring, but it is far from that if you have a relationship with God through Christ Jesus. Not only do you get things off your chest, but the refreshing is comforting and invigorating.
I put on Christian soaking music and meditate on the goodness of God.
I read my Bible. Favorite passages? Philippians 4:4-9, Ephesians 3:14-21 Psalms 139. If you haven’t read them, I encourage you to do so. A quick google look will take you to those passages. They are so uplifting.
I sit at the piano and play, sometimes sing. Singing is so good for you!!
I hug my husband. His hugs are comfy and I feel safe in his arms.
I listen to my favorite music. This is relative as I love a lot of genres, so it depends on the day.
What do you do for comfort?
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Kaci Rigney 
Talking to Jesus for sure but also, I read or play online games as a way to escape. Making lists adds stress as I know most of what I need to put on the lists will not get crossed off, so I stopped list making. Music relaxes me so I will sometimes listen while I play online games. Funny that writing is not something that bring me comfort. I think because I know if anyone sees what I write it means change. It will be edited and edited more to get perfect and acceptable to others and many times the editing has me feeling like I am losing my voice as it is rewritten in a style that the public wants so writing is not anything that brings me comfort. My drawing does comfort me until mt style is attacked LOL then I withdraw from that. All those things stem from growing up with a mom who never thought anything I did was good enough or even done right. So most of my comfort come from activities I use to escape.
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It’s difficult to deal with growing up baggage. I’ll be praying that God will free you from these fetters, dear Teresa.
Writing is work. Hard work. Which is the reason I didn’t add that to my list. Putting my thoughts to lists is comforting to me, but I totally see your point. I still need to cross them off. But, at least they are on paper and not clouding my vision for the moment. 🙂
I love to read. That is a comfort. I also play three games on my phone. These distractions are necessary at times. 🙂
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Too funny, in a beautiful way, those scriptures are all my favs as well … primarily Psalm 139
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I love that! God is good! I’ve written a 10-day devotional on Psalm 139. 🙂
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I like your comfort strategies. I tend to make lists of goals or to-do’s as they help me declutter also. And worship music and reading the Word of God is always good comfort and necessities.
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Amen to that!
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