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Self-Care Tip #144 – Work hard if you think you’re worth it.
On the last day of our family road-trip, thinking about self-care and I don’t know where to go with that! In the past when I thought about road trips, I’d sooth myself with visions of ice-cream stops, cheese puffs, and other expected and unexpected delicious treats to enjoy and bribe the kids with. However, I’m taking care of myself these days, (hard work!) which subsequently results in me taking better care of my kids, …my family. They had a nap, which was nice but now they are awake, refreshed and talking. A lot. So close to my head in fact that it feels like I have headphones on. Volume adjuster not currently functioning. Oh where are the bags of junk food!? (Disclaimer: No offense intended to my kids.)
But old habits die hard, so I imagine this one will hold on at least as long as our road-trip. In the mean time, without inserting needles into my eyeballs, I am thinking instead about self-care. Thankful, despite gritted teeth and ringing ears, that I will lose the baby-fat before I forget that I was any different before the babies. The memory is already distorted a bit by the fact that I have thrown away any clothes I used to wear and haven’t allowed any pictures of me below my shoulders to pass before my eyes in years. I’m a happy frog in a Jacuzzi getting hotter and hotter and have to find a way out before I get eaten by someone French. (Disclaimer: No offense intended to the French.)
Thankful also about the ripple effect to my kids. I’m gifting them a healthy me (because I will succeed), to offer them and theirs in their future. I’m gifting them better odds that they won’t be in my same position in time.
I’m gifting my husband as well with the hope he continues to voice that I am around to care for him when he is dyeing. Whenever that is. (That is a gift if it ever happens! He can be a real baby when he’s sick.) (Disclaimer: No offense intended to my husband.)
And I haven’t forgotten about you either. You will have me indefinitely to chirp on and on about self-care. It really is the holidays!
It’s a good thing I’m belted in because I might start levitating. OH! I just remembered I have ear-plugs in my purse! Yes!
Ah. That’s better. I know I’m working hard for good reasons. And all the reasons start and end with “Me.”
Question: Why are you working so hard for yourself? What has been the hardest thing for you on your self-friendship journey? Please tell me your story.
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