Mental Health Self Care Planning in 2022
For lots of us, self-care has always felt like a luxury, something we “got to” do if we finished everything else in time. Thankfully, we’re all unlearning that myth and embracing necessary self-management wellness strategies.
What I’ve noticed working with those new to carving out time and energy for their health and wellness, is that it can be hard sticking to a new routine, especially a new one. I often encourage them to envision what taking care of themself looks like on three kinds of days:
the kind of day when you’ve snoozed more times than you realized, so you’re already late
a day you have plenty of time and could use some extra love
your typical weekday
Below I have broken down the steps into a worksheet for visual learners in a downloadable PDF format:
In the “inspiration bank” you’ll find suggestions to match with your three types of day, including things such as uni-tasking — as in doing just one thing at a time because however good you believe you are at multi-tasking, science disagrees. Even if it didn’t, taking on more than you can handle isn’t healthy or a sign of strength.
You can definitely get more done by doing less, trust me and these guys: