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Please feel free to share your stories of how certain little self-care rituals changed your life for the better and have made you proud you started doing them.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have a few. I cycled to work, gets me outside and gives me time to decompress after work. I also listen to a book or podcast which helps. I shower and shave after work. I shave with a safety razor brush and soap. It requires more care and attention than a multi blades razor or electric shaver, nice smelling soaps etc help with this. It's a little ritual that lets me take care of myself. I walk the dog regularly and try to spend time nature when I can. Lastly I keep a journal. I started with Mind Journal which has a whole set of electrodes to ease you into it and help put things in perspective. I highly recommend it for someone who thinks they might benefit from journaling but doesn't know where to start.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I have a different problem with journaling. I totally know where to start but it feels like a waste of time. They drilled into our heads in grad school that the greatest minds of our time swear by journaling, but it seems so pointless. I did it for the classes that required it but felt I got no benefit and did not continue afterwards.

They say it is a way to apply PDSA to your life but I do that just fine without writing it down. Same goes for the Pygmalion effect; I can explicitly state my goals without writing them in a book, without spending the time to write it out and then more time to read it later.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Spend some money on decent grooming products, get some decent shower gel, a facial cleanser, moisturiser. I didn't touch fragrances/colognes until I was in my 40s and couldn't believe the confidence it gave when I found one I liked.

[โ€“] Izzent 1 points 1 year ago

Ever since I stopped caring about everything, things got better. Yay for utter apathy!

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