Self-care
Self-care is characterized as a market for purchasable experiences like massages, manicures, and "me time."
The origins are in secular rituals meant to calm the nervous system. It is focused on doing anything that might make someone feel good.
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Self-Care Is Difficult
It is much easier for us to make decisions that feel good right now (“quick-fixes”) than it is to have the discipline to make decisions that may suck now but feel really great later.
Self-care can be really hard because it’s a long-term play. But your well-being is worth the trouble.
Treat yourself right
Now is a fine time to do self-care rituals that, at other times, you might consider to be unnecessary splurges.
Shop for clothes, accessories, or makeup. Get a new haircut. Nibble on some chocolate. Anything that boosts your sense of yourself as someone worthy of comfort and pride.
Practice self-care at work
- Use lunch as an act of self-care. Take a moment to notice this nourishment you’re giving yourself.
- Remember that, just like you, everybody feels like a fraud to a certain degree.
- Helping people makes us feel good about ourselves and connected to others. ...
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