Being Kind to Yourself

I saw this subject in a health magazine the other day, and although it won't appeal to some, I found it quite interesting.
It was about how well you look after Number 1, and I'll just do a small quote from it:

"Most of us are aware that to feel physically well we need to take care of our bodies with fresh, healthy food, regular exercise and plenty of rest. But for optimal wellbeing and a truly fulfilled life we also need to take care of our souls."

It then asked:

" Make a list of 5 actions you have completed in the past 7 days which express self-care and wellbeing."

It made me wonder how often we show kindness and love to ourselves?
How often do you make a point of putting aside time purely to care for yourself?
Do we take ourselves for granted and assume we can just keep going without sufficient love and care?

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oh dear...

Ive just read this part " Make a list of 5 actions you have completed in the past 7 days which express self-care and wellbeing."

and drawn a blank...

Even now Im busy with an email for OH to try to slap his awful employer who, knowing he is on holiday has sent out a form and said we will sign it on your behalf...

Me time is combined with dog walking these days.. Mind you Im getting a sort of mini holiday next week when OH goes to see his mum. Then I only have to take care of myself the hosue the pets and the old people..

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Aha! See what I mean, Cass, maybe you need to put some time aside for yourself and 'nuture your soul' more.

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I honestly never used to put myself first. I have learned how to over the last year's . One big lesson was to learn to say NO !

I had a glorious candle lit bubble bath last night
I shared a wonderful evening with a lovely new friend.
I bought myself a small bottle of brandy
I'm sitting with my feet up watching daytime tv and playing with my kindle talking to you
I'm sitting here thinking how blessed I am to be well and healthy.

At this moment in time I'm feeling blessed 😇

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I need to chill out more i know that, i've had two stressful mornings at work this week and don't need another tomorrow, so i think for me tonight when i've posted my ballot paper i will get hubby to take me for a drink.. I know it's not healthy but it will calm me down a bit.. I've walked quite a bit today already so that's my exercise.

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Taking care of me is no problem these days as I have the time to do and be whatever I want.

It was very hard when I was younger; I was working, I had 5 kids to take care of not to mention the extra ones when we were fostering! There never seemed to be enough hours in the day to give everyone a bit of special time and get everything done. I tried to make sure that I had one evening out a week and a couple of hours to myself at the weekends!

My advice to my d-I-l's and to young mums I know is to take care of themselves in whatever way they deem necessary because their families depend on them; if they go under through not taking proper care of their physical and mental health it's their families that will suffer in the long run.

So yes! Soul nurturing, in whatever form it takes, is good and essential for anyone who leads a busy life.

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I'm far too busy at present, and I seem to be spending money as if it was going out of fashion... BUT on the being good to myself, I was in Aldi this morning and they had Croft original sherry at £5.99 a bottle - so I bought a couple.

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A bottle of whisky and a couple of DVD`s, doubt that will count but it relieved things for a short while.

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I do set aside time for myself and also make sure Hubs does too, I also am a great believer in nurturing your soul, it just has to be good for you. We also take holidays regularly . if you manage it . That also is very beneficial
One of the things I always say to my DD"s "Fatigue is a woman's greatest enemy". So all in all, I heartily agree with that article .
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For years I always put myself last. Always at the bottom of the rung. I still do it to an extent. But, I'm learning to do more things that I like and I'm just sorry I didn't do them years ago. I can't say I've done five this week, but the odd being nice to myself now and again does help. I usually end up doing it when I HAVE to do it because I've been stressed.

I had a wee pampering session at home. My eyebrows were desperately needing plucked. Thank goodness they're fair!

I had a lovely steak for dinner which was delicious. Not something I could afford, but decided to treat myself.

I bought myself a wee pair of earrings for work that I'd wanted.

I go to bed as early as I can and watch catch up stuff on my Hudl which I absolutely adore doing. Locked in my own wee world in my bedroom

That's four things

I do need to stop being so hard on myself about how I look, but that ain't never gonna happen.............