Fill up your cup with a self care checklist! Self Care is an act of self-love and community care. Why not add something new to your routine like a self care checklist? A self care checklist is something you can refer to time and again. Read this post to find 53 items you can add to your list.
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Why Self-Care Matters
Self care is an act of community care and healing, you cannot help others until you help yourself. Think about when you’re on an airplane and the flight attendant says you need to apply your own oxygen mask before assisting another passenger. In order for us to serve others we need to ensure we have the energy and capacity to do so. We do that by filling our cups with self care practices. Self care also helps to boost our own self-esteem and creates an overall better quality of life.
Creating a Self Care Routine
Creating a self care routine is all about finding the things that ground and energize you. You also want your routine to fit into your life easily. If you’re not a morning person maybe watching the sunrise isn’t on your list but watching the sunset is. It’s important to care for yourself, especially when times are good and you have the capacity. Doing this will ensure self care still feels like second nature during low moments.
What is a self care checklist? it’s a list of items that you know will fill your cup. Having a checklist also gives you something to refer to when you need to think of a pick-me-up. You can reference your checklist when adding self care to your morning or evening routine.
53 things to add to your Self Care Checklist
- Sleep with your phone in another room
- Start your day by listing your gratitudes
- Pull an affirmation card
- Follow a journal prompt
- Read one chapter of a self-help book
- Do 15 minutes of movement
- Take a warm shower and moisturize your skin
- Eat a meal that makes you feel good
- Tell someone you love them
- Try EFT tapping
- Do a mindfulness exercise
- Go for a mental health walk
- Do a 5-minute affirmation meditation
- Listen to a personal growth podcast episode
- Take a dance class (or have a dance break at home)
- Take a yoga class
- Go for a walk by the water
- Reach out to a friend you haven’t spoken to in a while
- Take yourself on a coffee date
- Free write in your journal
- Take a hot bath
- Try doing an at-home facial
- Watch a nostalgic movie
- Do a visualization meditation
- Sign up for a webinar on a topic you’re interested in
- Take out a book from the library
- Light a cozy candle
- Purchase and use a weighted blanket
- Wear warm fuzzy slippers around the house
- Give yourself a hand massage with lotion
- Sign up for a penpal online
- Have a good cry session
- Take yourself on a date night
- Go for a picnic in the park
- Buy yourself flowers or a plant
- Curate a nostalgic playlist
- Aim to drink at least one extra glass of water per day
- Drink some hot lemon water
- Take a 24-hour social media break
- Declutter your phone (unused apps, photos)
- Declutter your closet or drawer
- Bake yourself a treat
- Have an at-home paint night
- Wake up early enough to watch the sunrise
- Make a fort or play something you played as a kid
- Book a therapy session
- Go swimming
- Make a vision board
- Make yourself a mocktail or pour a glass of nonalcoholic wine
- Make a date with your finances, set a budget and financial goals
- Take a deep breath into the count of four and exhale to the count of four
- Go for a massage
- Book a check-up with your doctor
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