{"id":1191,"date":"2018-08-16T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dinawakley.com\/?p=1191"},"modified":"2018-08-16T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T16:00:00","slug":"show-us-your-media-challenge-15-have-your-own-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dinawakley.com\/?p=1191","title":{"rendered":"Show Us Your Media Challenge 15: Have Your Own Back"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A big thanks to all who are participating in this challenge each month. What a delight it is to me to see your art come through my feeds. Keep it up! Here is August's challenge.<\/div>\n
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I got my own back. ~Maya Angelou<\/p>\n

Create a piece of art about how you take care of yourself, stand up for yourself, or about how you don\u2019t. Do you have your own back? If you don\u2019t, who does?<\/p>\n

Sometimes it's hard to take care of ourselves. Where is the line between being selfish and filling our own cup? I struggle with that. All the obligations and "have-to's" seem overwhelming. I have a hard time relaxing because I am always worried about the fires I've left unattended.<\/p>\n

That is why I love scuba diving. When I'm under the water, it's the only time I am not a ball of stress. Under the water the focus is breathing, and weightlessness. It's truly like being in another world, and it's amazing. My husband doesn't enjoy diving, but I've been making time to get to the ocean anyway. I need it. This journal page is symbolic of how I'm getting to the ocean, making it a priority. It's my form of having my own back.<\/p>\n

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