Do you practice self-care?
I don't, but if you asked me last
week I would have said that I did.
I can be very hard on myself without
immediately realizing it. Dinner could
have been better, I could have worked
harder on something, I could have been
more patient with the baby, I could have
used my free time better, how could I
have lost my phone, why did I forget
to pick up milk?
Little digs that add up after awhile.
Some of this is a result of the city that
I live in, some from the influence of social
media and this weird perfection that
everyone seems to attain, and the rest
from that old "you can have it all" mentality.
After realizing that I was very guilty of this,
I started to pave a path toward self-love.
I started reading articles about it, writing lists
of things that I was proud of, things that
brought me joy, feeling gratitude for the
things that I have and for the people that
are in my life, taking joy in small moments,
and trying to treat myself like I would treat
a friend. It's never a quick change,
but it's a good start to a gentler way of
living.
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