3 Self-care Ideas for Women to Live a Better Life

“Self-care is a priority and necessity, not a luxury, in the work that we do.”

In today’s fast-paced world, self-care is an important and essential factor to deal with your everyday stress. So, ladies, self-care doesn’t necessarily mean self-indulgence but somewhere it’s an opportunity to think of yourself and care for yourself.

Let’s divide the self-care into three parts to derive an easy and thorough perception of it. These three parts are personal self-care, professional self-care, and financial self-care.

Let us discuss how you can implement self-care ideas in your daily life to bring a change.

1.   Personal self-care

It may sound quite absurd as self-care itself implies personal. Still, there’s something beyond it and you should think of it from a different perspective. Personal care includes caring for your body, mind, and spirit.

• Physical self-care
  Whether you are a working lady or a homemaker, it is a primal fact to take care of your physical health. It includes consuming healthy food and drinking ample water. If you think that preparing healthy food is difficult, you’re wrong. There are ways to consume simple and healthier food in your everyday life. Along with it, do exercise, maintain basic hygiene, follow the proper medication, and get enough sleep.
  Keep in mind that there always works a strong connection between your body and mind. So, if you take care of your body well, your mind will also stay fresh.
• Mental self-care
  Life can lead you to a hectic schedule sometimes without leaving you enough time for yourself. And for this reason, you may have higher chances to feel low, depressed, stressed out, tired, and anxious. And, the only thing that your mind permits you to do is lying on a bed. This is not the ultimate solution that you know very well.
  So, stop escaping from yourself and binding yourself in such beliefs that limit your mind with stagnant thoughts. Rather, know how to overcome your limiting beliefs to achieve goal in your life. Just open up yourself and fill your mind with self-compassion and acceptance.
• Emotional self-care
  Emotions are complex things as we all know. Still, you should have control over them so that things don’t get out of your control. For this, you need some self-care practices. Such practices can include keeping a diary to write down your feelings, reading a good book to divert your mind, walking amidst nature to take fresh air, listening to the songs that lift your mood, having a conversation with your dear one to relieve your anxiety, and the list goes on.
• Spiritual self-care
  Don’t confuse spirituality with religion because they bear two different concepts. Where religion welcomes diversity, spirituality forms a unity. So, tend yourself with the beliefs that depend on qualities like cooperation, kindness, and respect for all. Nurturing positive things in mind is a kind of self-care too.

Professional self-care

Professional self-care is about taking care of your mental and physical health just to retain and improve your performance at your workplace. Especially, for women, it becomes quite difficult to balance work life and personal life. And, this difficulty leads them to sacrifice self-care.
Below are ways that all you ladies can follow to take care of yourself while being at your professional place.

• Know your company’s policies
  Ask your employer about work policies on flexible hours and working from home facility while not being able to come to the office. If you are a strong performer, you’ll have an opportunity to negotiate an arrangement that’ll work for both you and your employer.
• Stop feeling guilty
  It is not always possible to give 100% to everything you do. A real human being can’t do what a Superwoman or Superman can do. Be realistic, think realistic when you approach doing a work. If you make mistakes, learn from it instead of feeling guilty.
• Stop being a people pleaser
  Sometimes it’s ok to say ‘NO’ to people rather than being a people pleaser. Keep in mind, you can’t please everybody and you are not committed to do so. You are liable to your job responsibility and perform it as per your ability. Be true, be real while you are dealing with people.
• Make your own work environment
  It can be quite difficult for you to make your own work environment when you are already a part of a team. Still, it’s up to you like how you look at the things! Sometimes, a positive outlook of a situation can help you to handle the things swiftly and smoothly. So, stay positive, feel positive!
• Be confident and be passionate        
  To linger on a work, it is quite necessary to be passionate about the work you are assigned to do. Being passionate about work can help you a lot to manage responsibility and stress at the same time. So, follow your passion and be confident while you are choosing your job role.

3. Financial self-care

Cash in the bank works as a tonic for our mind. Well-built finance doesn’t only secure our future but also soothes our mind. When there is mental peace, you can handle everything with ease.

Apparently, it may seem that the finance has nothing to do with self-care but somewhere deep down there’s a correlation.

• Make you involved in your family finances
  If you’re a stay-at-home mom and your husband manages your finances, you should get involved in it. It’s not about your right but it’s about the responsibility that you can’t ignore. Getting involved in family finances will let you know about your bank accounts, savings, insurance policies, wills, and so on. Educating yourself about your family’s finances is a kind of self-care as it imparts you with financial knowledge and mental peace at the same time.
• Help you to lead a debt-free life    
  If you’re well aware of your financial state and know how to manage your financial life, you might not have to fall into the debt trap. But, by any chance, if circumstances make you debt-ridden, then what will you do? Yes, there are ways that can help you to be debt-free.

You can take the help of several debt consolidation options but at first, you should gather knowledge about them. Credit card balance transfer is one of them and you can handle it on your own. In this process, you’ll have a new card at a low or 0% interest rate, with which you’ll be able to pay off your unsecured debts. Make sure, you’ve paid your transferred balance within the low introductory period.

Self Care Ideas for Women

These self-care ideas for women are sure to increase your quality of life! You are the heart of your family so it’s vital that you fill your cup. It’s important for you to stay happy and healthy for yourself and your family. And, for your wellness, self-care is a must which you should think about.

Remember, “Self-care” is not selfish. You cannot serve from an empty vessel.”

Contribution: Valentina