Self-care for me today was creating a little affirmation box for myself. I labeled each tiny drawer as one aspect of my self-care. Mental, emotional, spiritual, practical, physical, professional, social. Now I have space for all the gentle words & positive affirmations I want to tell myself, or a quick pick-me-up or a gentle reminder … Read more
Self-care for me today was allowing myself time to do a little office make-over. Yay, now getting to actually “animate” my doodles from the other day. Not a grandiose/expensive one renovation, but a “looking around my house & picking out what I didn’t use anymore in certain spaces” type of make-over. I didn’t actually buy … Read more
Self-care for me today was doodling in my journal about those things I love or wish for, for my office. I want it to match the new me I’m evolving into & I want to add a little more of me into my space too. So today was me paying more attention to my surroundings, … Read more
Self-care for me today was taking a little extra time to put on my make-up. Some days I go without it, some days, actually most days I do it as quick as possible, just because I don’t like to spend so much time on myself. But today I needed that little gift of pampering, that … Read more
Self-care for me today was the realization that I’m all “self-care” consumed these days, and that’s okay. Any new vocabulary word or new piece of art I create, new idea or inspiration, any added piece of décor to my space, anything I read or fill up on, I ask myself subconsciously, “Does it fit in … Read more
What do high-heels and Self-care have in common? Well, self-care for me today was wearing a pair of high heels that I never wore before. I’ve been saving them for a “more important” occasion, or for “the perfect” event, and they’ve been sitting on my shelf for over a year now. So I made today … Read more
Self-care for me today was looking at JOY just a little differently, and relating it to my self-care journey. JOY spells out for me: Just Open Yourself. Cause I open myself to new thrills, beauties, feelings & experiences, new creations, new ideas, even new little moves forward as I step into new habits for myself … Read more
Before I start posting some of my own creative journey experiences through self-care, I wanted to reiterate the fact that self-care is so vast, depending on how we look at it, how we feel, what we are experiencing… When I start thinking about self-care, I realize that it really affects every part of my life … Read more
To get started, I wanted to include here what I thought about self-care 2 years ago. The funny thing is that I didn’t know there was such a thing. So here goes, a little back in time to one of my journal entries: “I watched a Youtube video today, from someone I follow. She was … Read more
So yes, I left off last time with my little secret, of what happened next…What came next was a slow and steady recovery process. This is what I’ll be sharing here on this blog and all my posts to come. Some of my realizations, discoveries about myself, the ups and downs of this journey. Lessons … Read more
