‘Verbally assure yourself you deserve to be treated well.
If you tend to be hard on yourself,
notice when you’re doing so and turn the dial to a gentler setting.
Treat yourself as you wish others treated you.’
– Sue Patton Thoele, Strength: Meditations for Wisdom, Balance & Power
When it comes to your own self-care, do what works for you. Because you are unique. What works for you is what works for you. Do not focus on what others are doing to care for themselves. They are doing them, not you. They are caring for themselves, not you. They are living for themselves, not for you.
If you want to care for yourself, start with how you see yourself. Because how you see yourself will determine how far you will go to do things for yourself. If you don’t see yourself as worthy of caring for, then you are not going to do anything to care for yourself.
If you don’t care for yourself, no one is going to care for you. You can do anything to care for yourself. It can be anything.
Your self-care is about you, not about others. Your self-care is about your whole self. It is about your body, mind, and soul.
To take care of yourself, to put yourself first, if you are hungry, eat. If you are tired, rest. If you are bored, do things that make you come alive. If you have so much to do, focus on what is important to you, not what is urgent. If you don’t do what you say you are going to do, create a plan for yourself. Schedule your own work time for yourself.
If you have something important to get done, don’t sweep it under your rug. Do it now! If you feel stressed out, focus on what you can manage. If something is really important to you, don’t play with it. Do it.
If you are in a place where you are not respected, leave. If you are not happy with something, say it. If you are not happy with your friends, let them know why you are not happy with them. If you have something to say, don’t walk away without saying it. Because if you don’t speak up for yourself, no one is going to speak for you.
If you have something to do, do not doubt yourself. Do not fear what is ahead of you. Instead of suffering in the dark, go after what you want for your life. If you are not getting what you deserve, you have got to fight for it. If you can’t get it, then you have got to look for a better place. Don’t try to put others before yourself. That is not self-care.
Self-care is life care. Self-care is taking care of your life. It is taking care of everything that is associated with your life. And you deserve it. Never question your self-care. You are doing it for you. Don’t let anything stand in your way. Because taking care of yourself is important to you. If you say it is important to you, it is important to you. If you say it is not, then it is not.
If you want to make a difference in the world, it starts with you. It starts with self-care. The question is, ‘What are you doing to care for yourself today?’
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