How to Start Taking Care of Yourself
Here are some ways you can do in taking care of yourself everyday as written here:
- Set specific time slots when you don’t work.
- Start your day off with meditation.
- Work out.
- Get enough sleep.
- Write a poem.
- Keep a journal.
- Talk to friends and family.
- Wake up slowly.
- Read something fictional.
- Do yoga.
- Listen to a podcast.
- Put yourself on your schedule.
- Make time for play.
A note from Sean
Sitting still can look like doing nothing. It is something. We are pausing the daydreaming and the ruminating to tend to what is here, and that is self-care. Compassion isn’t complete if it leaves us out.
Try this today. Pick one item from the list above and give it a time on today’s calendar, even ten minutes. When the time comes, feel your feet on the floor for three breaths. Then do it.
Keep going: Meditation For Self-Care and Self Compassion Pause Worksheet.
This suits anyone who gives a lot to other people. If you are exhausted or grieving, choose the smallest thing on the list and go gently. Stop when you need to.
