This week we talk about why self-care is important. We talk about how taking care of ourselves makes us better people. When we take care of ourselves we have the capacity to better care for others.
Social self-care is all about the relationships in our lives. When life gets busy it’s commonplace to ignore the social side of our lives. We get so busy doing that we forget about the friends in our lives and that area of our life slowly shrinks.
Hear real examples of how this applies to our lives on a daily basis and what you can do to nurture the social side of your life. This is a great reminder that we are in control of our own choices and that there are ways to adjust our choices to create the results that we want. The great news is that you get to make the decision.
Tips on how to start digging into social and mental self-care
Go slow
Start as small as you need to don’t let the idea or activity overwhelm you
Pick one thing and master it before you layer more
Schedule time for self-care
Stick to your plan, it’s OK to say no
When you’re starting, make it practical
Make it easy
Make it fun
Find someone to share accountability with
Make the activity highly rewarding
Look for where activities already fit in your schedule
Take care of your brain too: Puzzles, Sudoku, Writing, Reading etc.
Making new friends takes a long time. When we neglect our social self-care it can entail pushing friends to the side because we don’t have time. Over time this can be damaging to relationships and then we may no longer have them. It takes a long time to make new friends so it’s actually easier to keep the ones we have and spend time with them.
Jeffery Hall Study - https://news.ku.edu/2018/03/06/study-reveals-number-hours-it-takes-make-friend