Mother’s Day Solo Vacation/ Staycation Vlog | Self-Care Trip to Reflect, Journal and Read!

So excited to share my mother’s day solo vacation with yall! I treated myself to a weekend away from the kids to read, relax and reflect. I’m doing all my favorite self-care activities and even a few new ones.

A B O U T M E :
Hi Yall - I’m Taji, your resident Melanated Maker! I make videos sharing DIY and home makeover projects and the life lessons I’ve learned that go beyond the lumber and power tools. If you like DIY, are a creative or if you just like listening to the inner dialogue of a chatty, stressed out mom, I would love for you to subscribe so you can follow along.

T I M E S T A M P S :
0:00 intro
0:18 welcome to the Do It FOR Yourself Projects series
1:56 hotel suite tour
3:06 cleaning up
3:43 books, journals, notebooks and a Kindle
4:13 how I planned my mother's day solo vacation
6:33 a carefree morning + Do It FOR Yourself
7:53 the benefits of self care + resting
9:16 coffee chat + plans for the day
11:37 coloring book
12:38 journaling + reflecting
13:12 skin care + viral tiktok lymphatic draining tool
14:02 baths are overrated
14:25 reading romance novels
14:55 weekend reflections + outro

S H O P :
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S T A Y I N T O U C H :
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Email: [email protected]

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