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3 Steps to Making Self-Care a Priority
If you don’t put yourself first, who will?
I’ve been thinking a lot about self-care lately. And I’ve realized I don’t do enough of it. It’s not that I overwork myself or don’t take the time to relax. I just haven’t been finding ways to show myself some love.
Self-care is one of those concepts that sounds so hippy-dippy. Like what is meditating for half an hour going to get me? But I think the point is we all need to take a break from the pressures of daily life and allow ourselves to just be. Not strive to be better or aim for more. Just enjoy the moment and be happy with who we are and what we have.
This isn’t as easy as it sounds. We all want more, and we want more all the time. Whether it’s more money, a better career, a thinner body, there are always things that feel just out of reach but occupy our thoughts all the time.
What I’m finding in my own life is that while striving for my goals is great, if I’m not happy with myself in the present moment, I’m never going to achieve those goals. When we’re unhappy, we turn to self-sabotaging behaviors and often wind up 10 steps behind where we started.
We need to make self-care a priority in order to find happiness and peace. Here are three ways to do it:
