While I type this post I am sitting in a rocking chair in a bathrobe, the fire place is crackling the sauna is heating up and I am enjoying an entire self care day. But let’s be honest how often do we have an entire day to do what we want and then have a sauna at our fingertips. So I decided this post is going to be a post about a little bit of self care aside from what I just described. I have no idea how longs this list is going to be or where it takes me. This is typing as I think. Are you ready?
A little bit of Self Care – List
- going to the sauna – preferable on my own
- silence – nothing better than hearing nothing
- doing my nails without haste
- reading a book
- cooking something I really love – a risotto maybe
- taking a long walk through the woods, along the sea, over a meadow
- doing yoga even though I am very lazy and don’t want to
- drinking a self gathered tea
- doing art – and I rarely do it outside a challenge
- a soak in the bathtub – no bubbles but salts
- slipping into bed with fresh sheets
- a good long night of sleep- so rare and hard to get but always such a bliss
What does self care look for you? Is there something on the list that would totally stress you out and never make it to yours? Anything I missed?
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It’s a great list, and you deserve all of this. I’d add painting or hand stitching in the sun, with a good audio book and iced coffee, and I’m a happy girl.
But a spa day, what a bliss. Preferably with a massage. Yum.
Take care!
Yes the massage was missing but everything else was great.
Your version does sound nice too. Painting/doodling should be on my list too. I considered putting ice cream down but while it might be mental self care it probably isn’t physical self care.
Napping with my cat on the couch is the epitome of self-care for me. And the cat gets something out of it, too!
I bet snuggles with Zelda are the best.
I’ll take bubbles in my bath! And a full night’s sleep… that would be amazing.
The sleep thing is very underrated.
This is a wonderful list. I hope your day was rejuvenating. I would add potter in the garden, not heavy stuff, just pull a few weeds, water some plants, that kind of thing.
It was very good. But doing sauna is quite tiring.
Garden pottering sounds good too. I only have a few pots but I like going by them and stroking the leaves of the rosemary or loosen up the earth a bit.
My perfect day of self care:
Morning:
Wake up late. Maybe 8am, I usually wake up at 5:30 or 6:00.
Tea, word games, relax.
Exercise (strength video, yoga video, walk)
Now it’s about 10:00. Shower (I hate baths with a passion)
Get dressed, make up, hair, go get a manicure.
Afternoon:
Lunch with a dear friend.
Come home, have a nap. Wake up, read my book.
Evening:
Dinner with family, and I did no cooking or cleaning.
Relax after dinner, bed early.
That also sounds like a wonderful day. I am very impressed that you volunteeringly include exercise.
Your self-care day sounds perfect to me! I love naps, good nights’ sleep, stretching, and making art are my favorite self-care things.
That sounds like a perfect day too. Puttering around with some art and craft materials can be so relaxing if there is no pressure.
Bubble baths are my epitome of self-care, even if they are “cliche” self-care. But I just love them!
Also: naps, reading on the couch with a cozy blanket, a hot cup of coffee… so much!
I knew were team bubbles.
Whatever works as self care – who cares about cliches
A whole self-care day! What a treat.
I do not enjoy the sauna or doing my nails, but everything else on this list sound like fantastic self-care activities to me! I’d add “sipping a fresh cup of coffee by the fireplace, a nap, and a run” to my list :)
How could I forget sitting by the fire…. Yes coffee is also really good. I treated myself to some macadamia coffee today