What is self-care?
When you care, for yourself... LOL. Okay fr. A better question is:
What does self-care look like?
- Activities that nurture self
- Activities that contribute to the maintenance of well-being, personal health, and development
A list of small acts of self-care
- Taking a break to rest, quiet our mind, sit in silence and do nothing
- Washing our face to renew our outlook and wash the day off
- Wearing something nice to boost our confidence and self-love and appreciation
- Napping to shut off our mind, relax, rest, and reset
- Showering or taking a bath to wash the worries off
- Eating some fruit to refresh our body
- Having a green smoothie to refresh our body
- Going for a walk to stretch and refresh our body
- Journaling to stretch, release and relax our mind
- Pray or meditate to relax our mind and soul
Why self-care matters
It can be difficult to pull ourself out of a funky mood. But for some reason, after we choose to do even the smallest thing that is caring for our mind, body our soul, we feel better. So just think if we could get some self-care in routinely... we'll feel more confident about Life and whatever Life throws at us.
Other self-care activities to choose from:
- Running, Weight lifting, Dancing, Yoga, Insert sport here
- Lighting a candle (aromatherapy)
- Getting a massage
- Getting a manicure or pedicure
- Writing a list of what we're grateful for
- Turning off our phone for a few minutes or a day
- Listening to music that inspires and motivates us
- Getting a new book
- Going through our closet and purging the clothes we don't wear anymore
- Practice Posi thinking, read "Got Lemons?"
If the phrase "self-care" doesn't resonate with you, try calling it "system maintenance" and see if that clicks and sticks.
Find activities for your mind, body, and soul that you can do routinely, so that when life gets hard... you are armed and ready with confidence, rest, and the willpower to move forward.
sendingpeace2ualongtheway.
