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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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[-] shapesandstuff@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago

A lot of it boils down to mindfulness.

When I realise my mind is wandering into anxiety territory where I make up scenarios that stress me out, take a few deep breats (box breathing is nice for this), focus on where I am right now and what I'm doing. What is actually true right now.

Take time for hygiene. I got long hair so I only wash it about once a week, using a specific soap, that smells and feels nice, condition it with a vinegar solution, rinse thoroughly.
I also brush it every day and tend to wax my beard when I go out and trim it regularly.

I'm still pretty shaggy but in a way that I enjoy personally.

Besides these, I have very active hobbies, that I stick to once or twice a week. I get to physically exhaust myself, interact with people outside my daily routine, work on my skills to get better. I picked up reading again in my late 20s after over a decade of losing that interest. It clears my head in the evening when reading in bed and I'd say that habit improved my sleep.

this post was submitted on 27 Jul 2023
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