Let's Talk About Self-Care
February’s Theme: self-Care
We’ve had a lot of themes over the past few months: courage, giving-a-damn, privilege, non-judgment, connection, compassion. And Squeeze just summed all of that up in this post. It’s about seeing each other - not just the folks that run in your circles, or the folks that you understand. It’s knowing that everyone else in the whole world is just as important, valuable, worthy, and meaningful as you are - and that you are just as important, valuable, worthy, and meaningful as everyone else. We’re all our here TOGETHER.
This month’s theme is SELF CARE. Not the kind that’s expensive and pampering. The real kind. The kind that helps you see the world. The kind that helps you feel at ease and grounded. Take care of yourself so you can take care of each other. Put your mask on.
”Having many tough jobs throughout my life time has instilled a sense of pride in me when in comes to hard work. Hard work is not something that can be turned on and off. Have pride in everything you do and it will allow you to put your all in it. It has also humbled me and opened my eyes to give respect to the people of this world who do the dirty work and keep things running smoothly. I want to thank the janitors, maids, interns, custodians, maintenance, housekeepers, and every other job that goes unnoticed at times and say I truly appreciate what you all do for this world and we would be nothing without you. Next time you come across a person of this genre stop and say thank you. Much Love - Squeeze”
Is your self care routine actually self-care?
Do you feel more grounded, more at peace, more ease?
Making time for your journal is an act of self care. Setting boundaries is self care. Saying “no” is self care. Quality time with someone you love is self care. Sitting down even when you don’t want to and going through your inbox on a Saturday afternoon so that you won’t feel so overwhelmed on Sunday night and Monday morning is self-care. Making sure you make time to get a workout in even when you think you might rather go home is self-care. Actually going home without any guilt for missing your workout or “wishing you had gone” is self-care. There’s a lot of pink bullshit going around on the internet about what self care is - and self care isn’t the same as luxury. Also, not that pink is only for men, but self-care isn’t a gender thing. We ALL need self care.
(You may already know this but I love the song “I woke up in a new Bugatti”) “I woke up in a new Bugatti” sounds great and all until, turns out, I can’t actually afford a Bugatti and now I have to sell my Bugatti but cars depreciate the instant you drive them off the lot so now I’ll never make my money back and I actually have to file for bankruptcy and the gym has to close down!! Bugattis aren’t self-care, but saying “no” if someone asks me if I want to get my nails done is, because I don’t actually like getting my nails done it turns out… I’ll go with you though and spend quality time at the nail place! Yes, I’d love to do that. Self-care isn’t expensive bath bombs that dye your bathtub and now you have to clean it or it will be blue forever - but if you like a bath and a bath bomb and cleaning it out afterwards, go for it! It sounds like the self-care you need is taking time for yourself, it might not actually be about the bath bomb…