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How do you make time for self-care?
For me, self-care doesn’t necessarily mean a spa day, a shopping trip or disappearing somewhere for an entire weekend.
Although I certainly wouldn’t complain about a peaceful weekend. 🤣💜
Most of the time, it’s about finding small moments for myself in the middle of everyday life.
Meditation is one of those moments.
It helps me find a little stillness, especially when life feels busy or overwhelming. Sometimes I just need to close my eyes, breathe and reconnect with myself.
Then there’s music. 🎶
Music has always been part of my life. It can lift my mood, help me work through difficult feelings or simply give me a few minutes to escape into another world.
And, of course, there’s writing.
Sometimes I write poetry. Sometimes stories. Sometimes song lyrics.
And sometimes I sit down to answer a simple WordPress prompt and somehow end up writing half my life story. 😂
Writing gives me somewhere to put my thoughts. It helps me make sense of things, express feelings and find a little joy in being creative.
Then, when the opportunity comes, I love to go swimming.
Sometimes, while my husband is at the hospital for dialysis, I use a little of that time to go for a swim.
Being in the water gives me a different kind of peace.
For a while, I’m not thinking about appointments, transport, household chores or everything waiting to be done.
I’m simply swimming.
And that little break can make such a difference.
I’ve learned that self-care doesn’t always require hours of free time. Sometimes it’s a few minutes of meditation, a favourite song, a page of writing or a swim squeezed into an otherwise busy day.
Of course, there are days when I don’t manage much of any of it.
And that’s life.
I don’t want self-care to become yet another task on a list of things I should be doing.
It’s supposed to help me feel better, not give me something else to feel guilty about. 😂
So I take those little moments when I can.
A quiet breath.
A song.
A few words on a page.
A swim.
And, naturally, a cup of coffee.
https://ditto.fm/silenced-but-not-broken
My new song “Silenced but not broken” Lyric video.
With love, coffee, poetry, and stardust,
— Maggie The Afterlove Voice 💫
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