This is a great point. People have to sit for 5 minutes a day and review where their energy is going. Loving yourself first makes your prioritize your own health and wellness before serving the world around you. Taking the 5 minutes a day is the first step to know where you may need to improve - movement? nutrition? stress management? hydration? sleep? Pick one, make a small improvement and track on your calendar how many times you did the thing. Then pick another thing. See how many check marks you get at the end of a month. Start over next month and pick another thing. Self care is an attitude and not a thing you can buy.
I was brought up under this model. That you aren’t enough unless you are doing “more”. Going to meetings, volunteering, taking on unpaid leadership roles in organizations for the good of others, when all the while as a child I felt less than. Reflecting on why I felt this way I don’t think it was because my mom wasn’t present for me, I think it’s because I could sense she wasn’t present for herself.
This is a great point. People have to sit for 5 minutes a day and review where their energy is going. Loving yourself first makes your prioritize your own health and wellness before serving the world around you. Taking the 5 minutes a day is the first step to know where you may need to improve - movement? nutrition? stress management? hydration? sleep? Pick one, make a small improvement and track on your calendar how many times you did the thing. Then pick another thing. See how many check marks you get at the end of a month. Start over next month and pick another thing. Self care is an attitude and not a thing you can buy.
I was brought up under this model. That you aren’t enough unless you are doing “more”. Going to meetings, volunteering, taking on unpaid leadership roles in organizations for the good of others, when all the while as a child I felt less than. Reflecting on why I felt this way I don’t think it was because my mom wasn’t present for me, I think it’s because I could sense she wasn’t present for herself.