Working Towards Wellness: November 2025

[itsfi]

Whether self-care is new to you or you're a seasoned pro when it comes to wellness activities, welcome! 👋

There's a lot going on in the world - be it due to the holidays season, or 2025 coming quickly to a close, or just everyday stuff. Sometimes, we just need a space to block out the outside noise and spend some time focusing on our own well-being. Or some time to remind us to look after ourselves. Consider this one of those spaces. Jump right on in and join us for another month of wellness bingo. 

Self-care, the activities we undertake for our own well being, varies on our circumstances and needs. We're each on our own personal self-care journey, but it doesn't hurt to have a little encouragement along the way. Or to be an encouragement to others as we work towards wellness. Wellness takes work; let's do the work together, BIC! 

For more information on wellness bingo, check out the following:

• How To Play
• Rows 1 & 2 Activities Described
• Rows 3, 4 & 5 Activities Described
• How To Post

Wishing everyone a happy and healthy November!  

Spoiler

Tagging a few folks who have posted to previous Working Towards Wellness threads. Will try to update tags throughout periodically. If I inadvertently missed someone, I apologize. Feel free to tag others you think may be interested. Be well!
@ather @blackkitty2014 @caitbird @CorgiMommy @curlychiquita @danielledanielle @missjeanie @PrettyPaint @Samtian @Shosh85 

[itsfi]

@danielledanielle, thank you! That mac & cheese came out looking well. There was one batch that looked (and tasted) more like mush and cheese 😂🤣😂 It has been a learning curve, that's for sure. Ha!

[caitbird]

@itsfi  great work with your wellness progress! And, yum, apple cider donuts (and Mac & cheese, and Gingerbread chai latte, and romanesco!) 😋 now I want some...

I love your idea for combining your stretches with gratitude, too! Practicing gratitude has been big for me lately, and stretching is one of the remaining activities that I want to try to fit in during the rest of this month, so I may have to try this!

[itsfi]

@caitbird, thank you! I was pleased with the gingerbread chai tea latte - it's hard (for me, at least) to get the foam to a thicker foamy consistency using dairy-free milk but I figured a way that gets me somewhere close enough for my liking. If you are able to get in some stretch + gratitude time in, I'd love to hear how it went for you - what was good, what was challenging about it, if it's something you'd try again, etc.

[Samtian]

That's all I'm going to say about THAT! Those donuts looks yummy though! So close! Congrats!

[itsfi]

Hahaha! But the apples and berries are delicious @Samtian 🤣 I know ... it wasn't the apples or berries you were referring to. The apple cider donuts from the apple orchard were 👍 - I've been meaning to get myself up there for some apple picking but it hasn't happened yet. Maybe next fall. 

[Samtian]

@itsfi That would be fun! We have one a few miles from my house but I've never been. 

[itsfi]

That's cool that it's close by. On the "to do" list for next fall, @Samtian! 🍎🍏

[missjeanie]

@itsfi All of those doughnuts look fabulous!  I hope you'll share the recipe once you have it perfected!

[itsfi]

Thank you @missjeanie. Will do. If I shared this recipe, the star ingredient would be "lots of cups of your favorite beverage to keep the donut from tasting so dry and mealy" 😂🤣😂  I wondered if I forgot or miscalculated an ingredient somewhere. 🤔The cinnamon sugar dust helped but I have some adjustments to make. 

[Samtian]

Week 3- Giant leaf. I had started writing them down as they happened, and wouldn't you know it...I lost the paper. I didn't like my "highlighter" job so I tried filling in the square to make it easier for me to see. That didn't work out so well either, but I guess it's better. But no way am I going in and filling in all the gaps. 

[danielledanielle]

These markers are gorgeous @Samtian ... Nice quadruple bingo!

[missjeanie]

@Samtian Oh my gosh you've gotten so many filled in!  Way to go!

[Samtian]

@missjeanie Thank you so much!!!

[CorgiMommy]

@Samtian congratulations on your wellness journey and earning all those Bingos!

[Samtian]

@CorgiMommy THANK YOU!!!

[itsfi]

Woah!! That's some incredible work on the board @Samtian! Was there any particular self-care activity this round that was memorable? (It's okay if the answer is no). Congrats on BINGO x2 no, times 3 new ones since the last time!! I like the giant leaf.

[Samtian]

@itsfi 😅 I can't remember. Maybe the healthy dinner? It was a delicious parmesan pork chop. ( Definitely not made by me)

[itsfi]

Parmesan pork chops sound good @Samtian. I'm putting that on my list of things to try making. 

[caitbird]

@Samtian  wow, great job! You have been doing great this month!

[Samtian]

@caitbird Thank you! It's been a rough month for me so I am surprised. 

[caitbird]

@Samtian I'm sorry to hear it has been a rough month - I hope things get better for you! Sending hugs 🤗 and if you ever want/need to talk, I am here! 💜