Taking Care Of Yourself; A Necessity For Good Living
A lot of people are so concerned about their daily hustles and what they think are supposed to be done, while they overlook a very important aspect of life - their own self. When they have gotten what they want, they will realise that they will still need their health to enjoy what they have achieved. This is why you need to find a balance between your busy schedule and taking care of yourself. As you are busy doing what you want to do, do not also forget to do what needs to be done. Self-care includes taking care of one's happiness, one's health, and the general well-being. Remember that this life you are living is the only one you have, do well to take care of it, so that you can live a more productive and satisfied life. Note that "self-care" is not equal to "selfish" but a necessary for good living.
There are many aspects of self-care that is worth discussing here and the first one is taking care of your physically health. This includes other aspects like knowing when to take a rest. You cannot continue to work without resting and expect not to break down. As you work, remember that there is a place for rest. In fact, it is by resting that you will be prepared for the next task at hand. Trust me, tasks will not be over; there will always be one after another, so you have to know that you should rest when you need to. If you cannot willingly rest, then you stand the risk of taking it unwillingly by force, but the former is better.
In addition to resting, another aspect of taking care of your physical health is by eating rightly. What goes into your mouth can affect a lot of things about you, not just for the day, but for a long time. Some people are suffering from the result of what they have eaten. If you must take care of yourself, then you have to be cautious of what you eat. Some even stay for long without food, all in the name of being too busy to eat, but if they develop gastric challenges, they will start running around to cure what they would have prevented. When you take appropriate care of your health, it will prevent unnecessary expenses that might have been caused by bad nutritional lifestyle.
Still on taking care of your physical health, you still need to take care of your cleanliness. Of course, being neat and keeping yourself clean can positively impact on your health. Take your bath, wear clean clothes, brush your teeth, keep your environment clean to also make you live healthier. Apart from the health benefits of being clean, it also makes you more attractive, more confident, and a better person. If you go out dirty and you run into your crush, you will lose confident and your self-worth. But if you are clean, neat, and smell nice, it will make you more confident and people will also want to get closer to you.
Another aspect of self care apart from taking care of physical health is one's mental health. This relates to building your mind, intelligence, etc. By this, you will become better at problem solving, relating with people, and living better. In order to take care of your mental health, you need to feed it with resources materials, read relevant books, have intelligent discussions with wise people, observe the environment to learn a couple of things from it. You should avoid anything that will want to affect your mental health negatively, and do things that will give you a positive boost in your mentality. This includes staying away from people who constantly speak and act negatively, making positive thoughts your habit, and doing things positively.
The next aspect of self care is to respect of yourself. This includes minding your business and separating yourself from anyone or anything that may be detrimental to you. If someone does not seek for your opinion nor invite you into their business, then you do not have any business in their business. You just need to figure out ways to be alone instead of being with someone who does not want you; this is part of self-care. Keep in mind that self-respect is a fundamental aspect of self-care.
