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I started going to the gym again recently. I forgot how much it really helps.
Not really self care as an attempt to de-stress or anything, but I do enjoy my evening bedtime routine. I do some back and hip flexor stretches, then do the whole oral routine (brushing full 2 min, floss, floss pick/gum stimulator, mouthwash, sometimes dryness oral rinse). Then do the whole skin routine (toner, azelaic acid, tret, moisturizer; occasionally I try a new product but I mostly stick with what I like). Whole thing takes me 30-40 min and I can zone out because I do the same exact things every time, in pretty much the same order. I also do a shorter version of this in the morning with slightly different products. It's nice.
My fitness!!! I have a home gym and I work out 5-6 days a week. This is my therapy and my own time to focus on myself in the morning with no kids and no husband!!
On the really stressful deals & program audits, I take time each afternoon in my meeting room to sing & dance it out out to Disney songs with my senior lieutenants. Then we take a 20min nap or meditate. It started 14 years ago, with 6 months of daily "Let It Go" to keep our sanity on Consulting Project Hell (cubed) and has been a go-to ever since.
I also delegate, train, and promote like crazy. Good self care means accepting that I perform through unit results, not hours. Still working on that one though...hard.
Unsure if this counts, but I leave my phone at home when I walk my dog. I used to check emails while he was sniffing around and figured I needed a mental break and it’s safer so I’m not distracted. I do have an Apple Watch that I toggle the cell service on just in case there is an emergency (a real emergency, not a work emergency).
Oh of course! I feel like I always need to be “on” and responsive and it’s…ok… not to be!
This is more of a change in how I view those self-care things I think. Like getting the fancy bath gels and face masks, etc. Now I get it for fun, not because it’s something I have to do. There is enough pressure with appearance, I need to stop the internal with it and just do what I like.