Self-Care Checklist

I have to admit that last week was a bit of a stressful and low week for me. I was having to battle against the bad habits I’d formed for years with poorly dealing with my problems. (Numbing with food, too much TV, and distracting myself with busyness). I hate to say that my poor habits out won for the most part. But a victory in my book is that I’m acknowledging it and now reflecting back on last week with a renewed attitude to do better this week. It’s all about lifting yourself back up to try again and equipping yourself with the insight and tools to keep working for your best self and life.

When I have times like this, I have to fight back with some major self-care. I have to acknowledge that I’m in stress mode and combat it with what I call my self-care checklist. I have to make sure that I’m diligently doing the items on this list throughout the week so that I’m at my best. Writing it down and putting it somewhere I can easily access it be reminded is the best way to be intentional with it. More often than not, taking care of my mental health is the first thing to go when I’m stressed and I completely do the opposite of what’s going to help me be mentally, physically or spiritually at my best. Once I realized that, I was able to start fighting against the habits that made me shut down, get anxious and totally self-sabotage myself.