Quotes About Self-care

It's a Secret of Adulthood: Make sure the things we do to make ourselves feel better don't make us feel worse.

They always said that you have to do that kind of work for yourself. If you do it for other people, you end up wanting them to acknowledge it and to be grateful and to give you credit. If you do it for yourself, you don't expect other people to react in a particular way.

Obligers may find it difficult to form a habit, because often we undertake habits for our own benefit, and Obligers do things more easily for others than for themselves. For them, the key is external accountability.

studies show that the absence of feeling bad isn't enough to make you happy; you must strive to find sources of feeling good. One

Unlike a reward, which must be earned or justified, a "treat" is a small pleasure or indulgence that we give to ourselves just because we want it.

leisure must be entered on the schedule as its own activity; it's not something I get only when I have nothing else to do. Because I always have something else to do.

do once in a while.

begin by tackling the habits that help us to: 1. sleep 2. move 3. eat and drink right 4. unclutter Foundation

Most Upholders are good at taking care of themselves and enjoying themselves.

one study of Facebook status updates showed that people who scored high on conscientiousness (good at planning and getting things done) also wrote a lot about getting rest and enjoying leisure - they frequently used words like weekend and relaxing

We should make sure the things we do to feel better don't make us feel worse.

when we give more to ourselves, we can ask more of ourselves.

I did, however, vow to stop reading books that I didn't enjoy. I used to pride myself on finishing every book I started—no longer.

When we give more to ourselves, we can ask more from ourselves.

It's a Secret of Adulthood: If I give more to myself, I can ask more from myself. Self-regard isn't selfish.

Exercise for sanity not vanity.

Maintaining a healthy weight requires us not to follow a temporary diet, but to change our eating habits forever.

I choose to be happy, in spite of whatever drama that is going on in my life.

Now, I see that it's like saving money, you can't save for when you get laid off, after you get laid off; rather, you have to save while you have a job and the money is still coming in. Life is like that, you have to DO while you are able to think of what you want, what you like, what needs it will fill, how it will enhance your life, how it will help you to maintain you, so that you have some reserves when crunch time comes.

For this reason, it's all the more important to try to shape habits mindfully, so that when we fall back on them at times of stress, we're following activities that make our situation better, not worse.

leisure must be entered on the schedule as its own activity; it's not something I get only when I have nothing else to do. Because I always have something else to do. Having

Be selfish, stupid and have good health. But if stupidity is lacking, then all is lost. Flaubert's dictum for getting through life unscathed.

He maintained his new fastidiousness without interruption, added to it an unwonted sparkle of eye and crispness of speech, and began little by little to shed the corpulence which had so long deformed him.

What is love? Love is treating your heart with a great deal of tenderness, with understanding, love, and compassion. If you cannot treat your own heart this way, how can you treat your partner with understanding and love?