Find Time for Self Care

The Time Finder with Paula Eder

The way you use your time is the way you live your life.

Find Time for Self Care

Posted on November 28, 2008, under Self-Care Time, Time Boundaries.

Did you find time for yourself on Thanksgiving Day this year? Were you able to take some grateful pauses in the midst of entertaining or socializing with family and friends? Did you steal a moment after all the dishes had been done, the leftovers had been put away, and the guests had gone?

If you visited friends or family, were you able to take space to reconnect with yourself, recharge, and feel grateful? When you’re away from home, it can be an even more difficult assertiveness and time boundary challenge to find the time that you need … and then take it!

Particularly during the holiday season, it’s easy to get swept into the flow of events and lose track of your own needs, priorities, and rhythms. Time management skills and solid time boundaries are even more essential than usual at this time of year.

To avoid feeling depleted, setting some time boundaries and making self-care a priority will serve you well. Remember, self-care is not an indulgence. It’s a responsibility! If you are not addressing your own needs, you won’t be able to be available to others in any meaningful way.

Be your own best friend, and give yourself what you need!

The first step in doing that may be to get to know yourself a little bit better. Many of us are so used to attending to others that we have trouble identifying self nurturing activities.

Take a few moments today, and jot down five things that make you feel cared for and nurtured. Make sure that they are things that you can do for yourself. Once you’ve got your list, set a time — think of it as an appointment with yourself — and then pursue your nurturing activity.

This is one of the best ways that I know to re-energize myself and reconnect with my own individual rhythms.

How does it work for you when you take time for self care? I’d love to hear!

What if you could find another hour every week? You can! For more Time Finding resources, you are invited to sign up and download The New Finding Time Boundary Template. It’s FREE, and when you sign up you will also receive (if you don’t already) my FREE, twice-weekly Finding Time Tips and my FREE, monthly Award-Winning Finding Time E-zine!

Let’s explore time together …

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