Self-Care Essentials
Self-care simply means doing the things that help you live well – both physically and mentally. It’s about prioritizing sleep, exercise, nutrition, and anything else that benefits your overall well-being. It’s about listening to your body and giving it what it needs to feel its best.
And it’s not about feeling guilty or selfish for taking the personal time to recharge. Remember, you can’t pour from an empty cup so taking care of yourself first is essential.
Having daily self-care rituals has been shown to reduce stress and anxiety, boost your self-esteem, and increase your energy. Self-care also helps you maintain healthy relationships by supplying the energy needed to be engaged and present with the people in your life.
Benefits Of Daily Self-Care
✔︎ More productivity
✔︎ More happiness
✔︎ More energy & vitality
✔︎ More respect from others
✔︎ Healthier relationships
✔︎ More self-love
✔︎ Less stress, anxiety & depression
✔︎ Less resentment
✔︎ Greater goal achievement
Self-Care Is The Secret To Your Goal Success!
One of the most overlooked aspects of goal success is your need for self-care. Setting and achieving goals requires consistent energy and effort. By taking care of yourself, you refill your well with extra energy, enthusiasm, and motivation to keep moving forward. Practicing self-care ensures you’re physically and mentally well-equipped to stay on track. It helps you sustain the momentum needed to perform optimally in all areas of your life.
Exercise is a vital form of self-care and creating the body you desire is a personal journey. You have to take responsibility for the steps needed to get from where you are to where you want to be. No one else can do this for you. You are the creator and caretaker of your body. This is why you shouldn’t feel any shame in putting a high priority on taking the time to exercise.
Empower yourself with simple daily rituals and customize a self-care action plan that can be coordinated into your busy lifestyle. This means scheduling ‘me time’ to do the things that energize your body and mind. Think of at least 3 self-care activities that make you happy and start adding them into your weekly routine.
You have to love yourself first if you want to live a truly fulfilling life. The most important project you will ever work on is YOU! So let’s make it the summer of self-care and find the time to recharge and treat yourself daily with any of the following 50 self-care/self-love activities.💖
50 Favorite Self-Care Self-Indulgences
1) Read a book or listen to an audiobook
2) Take a 10-minute work break to go outside for fresh air & Vitamin D
3) Meditation and/or Visualization
4) Take a relaxing salt bath or hot shower
5) Journal
6) Do a home workout or Yoga video
7) Go to the gym or your favorite exercise or Yoga class
8) Go get a massage
9) Give yourself, or go get a pedicure
10) Give yourself, or go get a facial
11) Practice a daily skincare ritual
12) Go for a walk or hike in nature
13) Turn your phone on silent for a little while
14) Have a Spa night at home and pamper yourself
15) Light candles & play spa music (Dean Evenson is my fav)
16) Centering, deep breathing like Wim Hoff breathwork
17) Trade a foot rub or shoulder massage with your partner or kiddo
18) Make a gratitude list
19) Do light, relaxing stretching
20) Eat your favorite comfort food slowly and enjoy every bite
21) Curl up with a blanket and watch your favorite show or movie
22) Buy yourself flowers or a new plant
23) Watch something inspirational or educational on YouTube
24) Do a closet purge and donate what you no longer love, or doesn’t fit
25) Cook dinner while listening to your favorite music
26) Snuggle and spend quality time with your pet(s)
27) Savor a cup of coffee or tea in silence
28) Eat healthy whole foods
29) Do something creative you love to do
30) Make yourself a healthy smoothie or green juice
31) Try cooking a delicious new recipe
32) Read a magazine
33) Repeat mantras or affirmations
34) Splurge on a skincare product
35) Organize and declutter a space in your home
36) Write a goals list
37) Create a vision board or something artistic
38) Listen to a motivational podcast
39) Sweat it out in a sauna or steam room
40) Go for a swim
41) Find a local class or online course for something you’ve been wanting to try (cooking, art, meditation, Scuba, etc.)
42) Go to bed 30 minutes earlier
43) Stay IN on a Friday or Saturday night for self-love
44) Make a playlist of favorite songs that motivate and uplift you
45) Make a Pinterest board of something you love
46) Watch standup comedy or a funny movie
47) Dance to your favorite music
48) Watch the sunset or sunrise
49) Take a nap
50) Innercises: Mental exercises to strengthen your mind for enhanced inspiration towards accomplishing your goals. To learn more about the power of the mind-body connection, check out my other post to help you reach your fitness goals faster!
