SELF-CARE IDEAS From A To Z

SELF-CARE IDEAS from A to Z

One person’s self-care can be another person’s stress so you need to choose the ones that work for you. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up, show up, and never give up.

The ideas are listed alphabetically as this can be a quick and easy way to both brainstorm and plan self-care activities.  You may like to add your own ideas to this list!

A - aromatherapy, art, apps, apple picking, athletics

B - bath, breathing, bike riding, baking, brain exercises, boxing to relieve your stress, buy yourself a present

C - caring for others, caring for myself, call a friend, cooking, chat, cricket, cleaning, count backwards from 100 (Bonus: in a different language), concert

D - dancing, driving, drawing, drumming, draw

E - eating, exercise,

F - friends, fun, focus on what’s happening around you, foster self-forgiveness, find a hobby, flirt, finger paint

G - gardening, gliding, going fishing, going to a movie, get support, go to a friend,  get “me” time, go on dates, get coffee with a friend

H - humour, holding hands, hugs, hopeful

I - imagining, igloo building (someone really did put this!)

J - jokes, joyful activities, journal

K - knitting, kite flying, kisses,

L - loving, laughter, lacrosse, library visits, learning yoga or meditation, listening to quiet and relaxing music, which impacts your heart rate, learn to say “NO”, look at happy pictures

M - massage, meditation, medications, mindfulness, museum visits (free), make a vision board, music

N - novels, new experiences, nanna naps, new project

O - orienteering, opera, origami, organize your room

P - playing, practicing meditation, pets, park visits, plating your favourite sport, practice breathing techniques, pillow fight, painting, play an instrument, practice asking and receiving help, plan a dream vacation,

Q - quiet time, questions, quests

R - reading, relaxation, rogaining, relaxing games, regular medical care, read a self help book, rest

S - shopping, sleeping, swinging, singing, sweeping, swimming, set short term goals, say “YOU ARE GORGEOUS!” to yourself, safe housing, self reflection, stress ball, self-care, self-improvement, show

T - tv, talking, training, take your medications, take time out, taking a bath, tennis, think about positive things, turn off cell phone, think about your positive qualities, take a class, therapy, theater, think of happiness

U - uplifting experiences or people

V - vacuuming, volunteer for a project

W - whistling, walking, watching a DVD, word associating game, create a word from the last letter, work on a new project, watch sunsets, write some letters or cards

X - x-box, xylophone playing

Y - yelling, yoga

Z - Zumba, zoo visits

Source: diverse articles

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Coming Home

Part 5 of the series “Keeping Her”

This is a TICKLE series. If you’re not into that, you don’t have to read.

PLATONIC Avengers x reader

Warnings: swearing

Summary: The Avengers return home after a weekend away on a dangerous mission, and Y/n returns home from the Parker’s. Meanwhile, Peter is very happy to expose a little something he has learned about Y/n over the weekend.

Two days after the events of “Best Friend.”

After completing their mission in Austria, the Avengers loaded the Quinjet, eager to return home. 

“Alright, FRIDAY. Get us home to Y/n.” Tony instructed, sitting down in the pilot’s seat. 

Steve smiled to himself. He always missed Y/n when they were gone for too long. Y/n somehow made his world so much brighter, even after the ugliest of missions. All the Avengers felt that way.

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“My depression has ruined so many more things than just my mind. All of my relationships and friendships broke apart only when my sadness spoke to them.”

—

might as well

A Ballad for the Heart

i. Prepare oh heart for again you shall fall. The fact that you are broken, you do not seem to recall. You do not remember the times when you were stitching your pieces together, risking to love again even though once you were shattered.

ii. Countless times you offered yourself but you were rejected, heart oh heart, haven’t you learned your lesson yet? Why must you choose the path of unrequited love when you are worth something more than he can have?

iii. Haven’t you learned your lesson yet? Haven’t you cried enough tears of regret? Oh my lovely heart, rest and love yourself instead, you have so much to give so stop before you run out of breath.

iv. Pretty little heart you are strong so one day you will know where you belong. In the arms of someone who will handle you with care, soon you will have that touch of heaven only the two of you can share.

[repeat to let it sink]