Caring for self

 

 

 

 

 

BY KIRTI WADHAWAN 

 

 

OFTEN, our lifestyle is dealt in such a manner that most of our routine time is going up for doing everything which is essential to run our family, business and job. In the lieu of living for money and our social circle, most of us forget to take care about our inner self, we forget to pamper and love ourself and who we are actually. We rarely did spent an hour in a day in doing self-care, a time zone for everything that makes us happy and relax. We usually also didn’t spent time in doing self-appreciation. Most of us thought that, all this is a sheer wastage of time and efforts, which it is not actually. Being kids, self-care, self-learning and self-appreciation is possible; as we are not bothered about others, we only focus on what new we had learned and whom new we met today. There is zero space for jealousy, greed, aspirations, comparisons, tensions and mental stress.

 

But grown up as an adult, most of us are just fulfilling our responsibilities as a son or daughter, husband or wife, employee or boss, students or teacher. Our mind had so many thoughts running in parallel causing so much of mental fatigue and stress. Our thought process is so broaden that we constantly engaged in doing different things without any break for self-care. We avoid self-care due to the myths that it’s a joy of those with all worldly leisure’s, which is actually wrong. Self-care has no definition. You can do anything, what makes you happy. You can do anything you like for your personal detoxification and your personal connection with God to rejuvenate and heal your mind and soul. Self love is also important to heal your mind and give you a short break from the cycle of life you are constantly moving. It will help you to stay calm and composed in difficult circumstances of your life and also help you to stay firm no matter the much odd situations is there.

 

Self-care and self-love makes you finish your work much productively than ever before. We must spent few minutes daily, if not an hour in doing self-care for ourselves. You can take a nap, walk on grass, listen to your favorite music or read your favorite book to relax and burst your stress. It makes you feel happy and zealous from inside. The life is like a cycle for every age bracket, with no pause button in it. Therefore it is our own responsibility to take self-initiative to stop for a while and take short breaks from our busy schedule. Caring for self is the best cure one can ever do for themselves. Let’s add this rejuvenating routine as a part of our daily routine and stay happy ever.