Falling Off the Train
Yikes, I fell off the train and have not made any attempt to get back up and jump on again. Life sure can get in the way, and bad habits are hard to break, new habits are next to impossible to form, but I'm here again and if I look around me I happy to be here.
The topic that came up today was self-care and how important it is. I think that is the reason I stepped away for such a length of time. I was doing a form of self care.
Lets think about this, self care...what does it really mean. If we go to look up the word in a dictionary we will find the definition of self-care is the things we do and can do that we are in contro of and are initiated by oneself for oneself.
When I think of SelfCare I can think of ten different areas to start showing me myself and I more love.
Exercise, Diet,Personal Care,Learning,Financial,Relationship,Homelife,Family,Friendships and the list can go on and on.
How can we be sure that taking care of oneself does not become some never ending chore that makes us appear to be overly self indulgent. Is there a fine line between self care and indulging in oneself. Is self care a term newly brought into our lives by our millennial population that seems to take everything we and our parents do and flip it into something new and easier and more indulgent.
Being in charge of caring for oneself, is probably the most important task we have.
Being a single woman, I have finished raising my family and I am free to take care of me, my adult children demand it of me and for me.
If you have any ideas of the things I should be doing since I am always so busy taking care of everyone else and now I feel this foreign pressure to take care of me.
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I can relate. I've being dealing with being a single parent for years, and now my youngest just turned 18. Also, dealing with a lot with health issues and a boat load of bad habits.
I think the key is to find the balance in life, which is a constant struggle. The Chinese represent this with the Yin Yang Philosophy, which in an oversimplified nutshell is to balance all areas of one's life and find harmony in life. Which is a lifelong pursuit that we
all struggle with.
It's overwhelming at times, so I completely relate. Recently, I've been learning to start changing bad habits, and replacing them with good habits. It's a very slow process for me, but I am slowly seeing changes.
Great post Elizebeth.
A lot of people need to spend time learning to love themselves as well as family and friends. I think a very good question is to ask yourself is, “if I had just 7 days to live what would I do”? Thinking about....
Who would I spend time with?
Where would I visit?
How would spend each day, hour, minute?
What do I need to say and to whom, in next 7 days?
Even doing this exercise gives us some perspective on what makes us happy and then compare these lists with how we are currently spending using our time . We should all work to improve the way we live, not live to improve the way we work!!
Hope this helps and the care of yourself
Trevor