(Remember we aren’t judging shmaltziness during blog every day May ok?)
It is currently 11:41pm, and I just wrote yesterday’s post, so now i’m really under pressure to get this one done! (and yes, i realize it’s purely fabricated pressure i put on myself). I digress.
Today was one of those really rare days where I wasn’t having to run plethora offspring to plethora activities, and it was really nice outside, so the girls and I decided to just do some self care. I’ve spent the past few months learning how important self care is – and that it means a whole lot more than just slapping on a face mask or taking an essential oil bath, although those things can certainly be a part of your self-care practice.
What i’ve discovered by digging deep into some inner work over the course of the past year is that self care is literally the taking care of one’s own self. Knowing what it is that *i* want or need, and being able to have that need/want met. I mean sure, there’s realistic and unrealistic expectations on that spectrum, but the bottom line being (for me at least), that waiting for someone else to read my mind, put into action all the things that i could possibly need or want at any given moment, and take care of keeping my plates all spinning for my other responsibilities is not only unlikely, it’s downright stupid. I tried that for the better part of my life, and i’m here to tell you – there is no knight in shining armor coming to fulfill your every wish and whim (and for the men – your mama probably finished raising you a few decades ago – it’s time to start doing stuff for yourself!) I think men and women can have vastly different views of what “self care” even is, let alone the practicing of it – and that’s ok. The key is to communicate.
Anyways – Im going to delve more into what self care really means/is for/looks like over the next few Sundays – but for now, as I gotta wrap this one up in a few minutes, just know that I made a grave mistake on this self care sunday. I gave myself a glue on nail manicure and now i have these ridiculously long fake nails on and I can hardly type and I think i’ve almost poked my eyeballs out at least a dozen times.
Maybe i’ll be less ambitious next Sunday…
Ok i’ll see you tomorrow party people. Hope you’re all enjoying the midnight emails notifiying you that i’ve posted for the day! (I’ll work on that this week….promise.)
<3,
T.