Well Baby

I was thinking about well baby check ups today. Your take your baby to the doctor and they check

the growth rate of your child and measure them on a chart; so that you can go home and post on Facebook that your child is in the 90th percentile on height and weight and right on target to be the most amazing person in the universe. In the first year of your babies life you do these check up sometimes monthly to be sure that your child is on track, or if lifestyle adjustments are needed to keep them on their presidential target.
What if we were to apply this to our own journey. I have a friend that started a new job and the stress of the new environment was causing her to feel out of sync. She would leave work feeling like she needed something....but was unsure of what something was; was it food, sleep, company, she was just hanging, wondering, unsettled.
As we discussed it we realized that it was the vulnerability of the new environment; new job, new people, new expectation, new routine....all the newness that was causing her anxiety. 
She decided to do a 2 hour check in with herself throughout the day. She set her alarm on her phone and every two hours she is doing a 5 minute self care moment; a glass of water, and a small object that she can hold in her hand while she remembers that she is alright, it might be a song, a verse, a saying, just something that says; I am alright, I can relax, breathe, I am loved and my best is good enough.