Quotes About Self-care

Rob yourself of sleep and you'll find you do not function at your personal best.

If you take care of your mind, you take care of the world.

When we shrink our whole reality down to pending projects, when our life becomes our endless to-do list, it's difficult to put them aside each night and let ourselves fall asleep and connect with something deeper.

Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years when they could just say "so what." That's one of my favorite things to say. —ANDY WARHOL

To build a respectful, kind and loving relationship, begin by being respectful, kind and loving to yourself

Sometimes we forget to, or feel guilty when, we take time to nourish our own souls. It is not selfish to spiritually fill ourselves because we need that time to find the delicate balance in our lives. Only then can we truly be of service to others. --Debra Siegrist

Don't procrastinate. Don't let all the work fall on the shoulders of "Future You." That's an abuse of your own energy and disrespect of your future self.

While it can be therapeutic to put something off, procrastination or ignoring a problem isn't self-care; in fact, it's the opposite. Ignoring a problem just makes it more of a problem. Self-care involves scheduling things so that they don't reach problem status and includes being kind to your future self by not leaving her a mess to handle.

Don't multitask by combining your treats, unless you specifically design one as something stacked (a fancy coffee while reading a good book, for example). If you overload your treat time, you'll lose out on the full experience of enjoying each aspect, and the self-care might become perfunctory.

Unplugging helps you refocus on yourself instead of being pulled in a zillion different directions. Those directions may all be important, but you are just as important. Unplugging allows you to focus on being in the moment, here and now. It helps you step away from the emotional roller coaster that you ride reacting to a friend's story, a news article, or outrage over worldwide events. Unplugging gives you the chance to remember who you are at your core.

I release this guilt to the universe. I invite peace and serenity to take its place. Open my heart to the positive energy of this lesson And support me as I learn to care for myself freely. Thank you for your many blessings.

Part of self-care is allowing yourself the permission to have those moments and to enjoy them. You are encouraged to pause and acknowledge the moment, whether it is good or bad. That moment of acknowledgment reinforces the idea that you are worth the time. It also validates your feelings, which can reduce overall stress.

to retrain your inner voice to be nurturing. Sometimes thinking of yourself as a child can help. "Did that hurt?" you can ask yourself. "It looks like it did. It's okay. It hurts, but it will be over soon. Hey, look at that pretty butterfly. I wonder where it's going right now?" Just as you'd affirm a child's emotion and then help redirect their attention from the subject that's upsetting them, you can redirect your own focus too.

Solitude was no reason for sloppiness

My body is like breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I don't think about it, I just have it.

Rest, let your body relax and grow. Work up gradually and don't blow it. Sometimes you can do so much your mind gets sick of it. Remember what I said earlier: Keep your mind hungry. People have a tendency to overdo things at first and then sluff off.

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Althought it's important not to let the little irritations consume you, it's also important not to ignore them. Backing down when others are unfairly running over you, or giving up with a sigh, can ultimately cause more distress than the hassle did in the first place. So I make sure to deal with them.

Pain is important. It acts as a warning. It tells us that we are damaging ourselves in some way.

One of the nastiest and most virulent addictions I have seen is workaholism

I have to be very diligent about making sure I'm taking care of my body and my mind, because if I'm not, the quality of my decision making goes down.

We can say, 'OK, I'm going to be in the car for an hour; what can I do to improve my quality of life during that hour?'

I believe in binging once a week. This takes care of my cravings. I don't eat huge quantities when I binge, but I eat different varieties of food.

I respond to about a quarter of comments. It's a good barometer of my mental health - when I'm healthy and busy, I don't read them.