what is self care Archives | Kuball's Khaos https://kuballskhaos.com/tag/what-is-self-care/ Living outside the lines with organized chaos Fri, 19 Jul 2024 17:03:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/kuballskhaos.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-brand.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 what is self care Archives | Kuball's Khaos https://kuballskhaos.com/tag/what-is-self-care/ 32 32 150386444 Self-Care Strategies Every Busy Mom Needs to Know and Do https://kuballskhaos.com/self-care-strategies/ https://kuballskhaos.com/self-care-strategies/#respond Sat, 04 Jan 2020 23:30:00 +0000 https://kuballskhaos.com/?p=6587 INSIDE: COME SEE THESE SELF-CARE STRATEGIES EVERY BUSY MOM NEEDS TO KNOW AND DO WITHOUT FEELING GUILTY OR SELFISH! With the holidays behind us, I was reminded how important it is to take care of ourselves. Let’s be honest, it’s not just around the holidays. As busy people, taking care of homes, kids, marriages, and working, every day life can begin to overwhelm us…if we let it. And realistically, how many of you busy moms take time to provide self care? So what are some important ‘self care’ things we can sneak into our busy lives that don’t fill up our already overflowing plates? Disclosure Statement: The links in this post contain affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking on my link. Those funds help keep this site alive and kickin’ but it doesn’t cost YOU a thing! Click here for the full disclosure. 1 – STOP TROLLING SOCIAL MEDIA BEFORE YOU GET OUT OF BED!! It has become such an important part of daily lives we can’t even put our feet on the ground before we start looking at what other people did last night….but why??? The average person spends close to 3 hours on social media each day – that is Facebook, SnapChat, YouTube, and InstaGram. Imagine what you could do with 3 more hours in your day……I know I could think of MANY things that I could do with that time. 2 – STOP SAYING “YES” TO THINGS YOU DON’T LIKE Why do we feel like we are obligated to participate in things that don’t make us happy? If it isn’t a requirement for work or school, only do it if it makes you happy. Volunteering because you feel guilty? Going to church because it is what you are “supposed to do?” Why do these things if you don’t feel better after doing them? ONLY do things that make YOU happy!!!!!! Self care for busy moms shouldn’t involve things that make you FEEL busier! 3 – DO THINGS JUST FOR YOU 4 – CHANGE YOUR MINDSET If you don’t like something, change it. Period! There is no other way to fix it. YOU don’t like what is happening in your life, YOU have the power to change it. ONLY YOU! I have a tendency to get the “blues” at random times for no reason. It isn’t depression necessarily, because that’s a whole different ball game, but I have “tells” when I get in those BAD places. I stop caring about my nails. Weird, I know….but the minute I realize I haven’t pushed my cuticles or I have a ton of pulled skin around my nails, I know I’m in trouble. I start biting my nails and it’s downhill from there. I have to pull myself out of this – and usually I can – HOWEVER, if I don’t see my “tell” then chances are someone else has to point out my “lack of motivation.” And once they do….GAME ON! Everyone has to have this PERSON – your PERSON! Enter my wonderful husband, who has been tasked with this. Reluctantly he points these things out to me, however hard they are to say and however hard I cry. It is his job as my ROCK! So learn to see your “tell” and figure out how to get it out of your way! 5 – TAKE TIME I say “I don’t have time to do ….” all the time. But really, do I? Are there wasted minutes in my day? Of course there is. But if it doesn’t make me happy, why would I waste my time? 6 – HAVE A HOBBY It doesn’t have to be an expensive hobby, just have one! At least one. There are many reasons for this – See a common idea???? HAPPINESS!!!!! And hobbies don’t have to be done everyday, they can be done once a month……as long as you do it. 7 – TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEALTH 8 – SPEND TIME WITH PEOPLE YOU LOVE Sometimes, these people are your family, sometimes it’s your friends – either way, make time for them. Time goes so fast…do NOT waste it! One of the BIGGEST points of SELF CARE is to do it ON PURPOSE! Think it, Plan it, Do it!! There is a reason it’s been Nike’s slogan for 30 years. “Just Do It!” AND for the LOVE of all that is HOLY – it is NOT selfish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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