Three self-care things you did today!

[ecomama]

We can do it BBers, we can do self-care.

Sleepy21 pointed out research that shows self-care REALLY helps!

Please share what you do for self-care so we can get inspiration, ideas and motivation to do it too.

Best wishes
EM

[ecomama]

Hi Nobodee,

It's my favourite thing to do, look at nature.

You painted a beautiful picture that made me smile in your last post.

Nice.

EMxxxx

[Guest_1643]

Yesterday i:

Left an event while triggered - got home safely and took a break

made a home-made chai

cancelled a gp appointment with a random gp which prbably would've just confused me - will wait longer to see my regular Gp who i know and trust.

[Guest_1643]

bough and arranged some dried flowers for my home

warmed up my room to a nice temperature before bed

reached out to a helpline over the trigger

[monkey_magic]

Time to myself in my room

Tidied up a bit

Reading

[ecomama]

Sleepy21 & monkey_magic thankyou for your posts.

Seems like a few of escaping the company of others this week! And a fine thing too.. 🖤 that's a charcoal coloured heart Sleepy21 lol
💛 this one's for you monkey.

My self-care today:

* eating lunch

* spending time in my garden with my darling chicken

* doing grounding exercises after my Uncle left.

Love EM

[Clues_Of_Blue]

Looks like I'm not the only one stepping back from company, the ol' social burnout has crept in. Today, I:

- Bowed out of a social engagement I didn't have energy for in favour of a day to myself.

- Am spending snuggle time with my birds.

- Have made a passive start on the jobs I want to do (started up the washing cycle while I have some coffee). Whilst doing jobs doesn't sound much like self care, achieving something useful in my day is a huge part of keeping my mental health in check - with my partner out, I can get some work done, and be chilled and ready for company again by the time he comes home.

[ecomama]

Peeps I'm REALLY Proud of us also saying "no" when we need to... for how long did we say yes in efforts to please others and it was a bad idea?
Lol, STACKS of times for me....

More power to us beautiful people.

Blue's WHATEVER YOU consider self-care makes the list! Just post it and I'm proud of you! 😍

Sleepy21, I need to explain the charcoal heart lol... it's the new colour scheme in your home, so hence the charcoal, otherwise seeing your posts is a pink heart 💗 and then one with a sparkle because you're a sparkle to me 💖 and then a beating heart too💓. Hope you're feeling better.

My self-care for today (lol):

* stayed in my pyjamas ALL DAY LONG and it's fan-fairy-tastic lol

* made pancakes for breakfast and ate some

* had a LONG nap after breakfast

* talked with my American fiancee over the phone and we avoided talking about the elections! Now that's relationship care right there lol.

* tonight I'm having a long hot bath and using some girly scrubby things on my body. Yay.

LOVE EM

[Guest_1643]

hey Em thank you for the hearts and for sharing a beautiful warm heart and a beautiful charcohl one for my home 🙂 love to u!

Inspired by the posts here - and pancakes... yesssssss.

- sat in the sun with a fruity tea

- listening to an online concert for something different

- nap on the couch to just get some energy

[ecomama]

It's a pleasure treasure. 💗

I must put our pancake recipe on the Easy Peasy Recipe thread... it was from my children's teacher about 25y ago lol... and it's freaking AWESOME.

Love always EM

[Not_Batman]

Hi EM and all.

Slept in

had a daddy-daughter movie day

did some work on a uni report.

went for a walk in the paddock with the dog.

Watched a movie with the rest of the family tonight.

your pancakes give me an idea, think i might make waffles in the morning.

Not_Batman

ps, i played some xbox tonight, and im not ashamed to say that i was Batman fo a little while 🙂