{"id":860,"date":"2016-09-21T16:54:17","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T16:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/?p=860"},"modified":"2016-09-21T16:55:06","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T16:55:06","slug":"self-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abysmalwitch.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/21\/self-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Self Care"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently read a great article on self care<\/a>. \u00a0As we discussed it briefly on FB, I summed up a friend’s commentary as “self care is setting yourself up for future success”.<\/p>\n

Self care can be bunny slippers, hot baths, pedicures and long walks.<\/p>\n

Yet more often these days I see self care as taking a nap when I realize I’m getting too tired. \u00a0Forcing myself to take care of at least one practical thing per day. \u00a0Eating healthy food as much as my energy levels can manage. \u00a0Trying to keep my place organized and cleaned as I can so that when I want to do something I don’t need to clean or find things in order to do it.<\/p>\n

The more prepared I am. \u00a0The more organized things are. \u00a0The easier everything else gets.<\/p>\n

I am told that I am efficient.<\/p>\n

I am not efficient (well, I am, but that’s not how I define it). \u00a0I’m not, I’m\u00a0lazy<\/em>. \u00a0I want to make the least amount of effort possible to make things happen because (sometimes) I’m lazy or (sometimes) I’m just too tired to be able to do more than the bare minimum.<\/p>\n

Self care ties into efficiency. \u00a0It says that since a lack of energy is typically part of the need for self care, the more efficient we can be, the less energy we will need. \u00a0Then the better we will feel.<\/p>\n

Fear and helplessness and anxiety and depression are also\u00a0often behind the need for self care. \u00a0If our lives, at a basic level, are being managed, then we will feel better.<\/p>\n

This is not fun. \u00a0It is not easy. \u00a0It is not the joy of avoiding life in order to look after ourselves. \u00a0It is recognizing that dealing with life is a necessary part of looking after ourselves.<\/p>\n

Adulting is often self care.<\/p>\n

We do not need to do this to the point of making ourselves crazy again. \u00a0But making the effort to see ourselves fed? \u00a0Rested? \u00a0Rent and utilities paid? \u00a0That means something less to worry about later.<\/p>\n

That’s a nice way to look at it sometimes. \u00a0To go, if I do this now, how much easier will it make life later? \u00a0Matched by, if we’re too tired in the moment to handle things, can this thing wait until later until I have the energy to handle it?<\/p>\n

Self care is about taking care of what’s necessary and\u00a0recognizing that part of what is necessary is that we feel rested and healthy at the end of it. \u00a0Which is why I say it is setting us up for future success. \u00a0It’s easy to fall down the rabbit hole. \u00a0But with some good choices when we can, we can set ourselves up for the best future we are capable of making for ourselves: \u00a0tonight, tomorrow, and onwards.<\/p>\n

~Violet
\nThe Abysmal Witch<\/p>\n

\"Chinook<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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