Quotes About Self-care

There were plenty of other times when I was working too hard, dealing with people I didn't like, getting my creativity crushed over and over, and so on. When you are in those situations, you need to plot out your exit strategy.

You can't get good at something if you are working 20 hours a day. In fact, something is very wrong in your life if that is how much you are working at ONE thing.

If I don't treat my own projects with respect, then how can I expect others to? If I don't treat myself with dignity, then how can I expect the people around me to treat me, or even one another, with dignity?

This was all part of the American Dream. Get a checkup once a year. Get blood tests. Live your life. But protect yourself. Don't step out of the box. Take care of yourself. Life is hard. But then life is easy if you follow the rules.

So the first thing is to spend less energy digesting food. Skip dinner (so your body is not trying to digest when you sleep), go to sleep early, don't expose yourself to news, avoid pop culture, don't drink alcohol, try to only be around the people you love, and have a sense of surrender and gratitude.

Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.

unproductive retirees. Take care of yourself physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Get enough sleep. Stay healthy. Get some exercise. Have diversions. Read. Converse with interesting people. Expose yourself to new ideas. Spend time in solitary, renewing activities. Set new challenges for yourself. Do whatever is necessary to keep yourself vibrant, stimulated, growing, and alive as a human being.

Never go to bed with a woman who has more troubles than you do. —Lew Archer

I am happy and able because I allow myself to be happy.

I think I'm better at live shows than I used to be because I'm way more comfortable with the uncomfortable pauses between songs. Now, rather than trying to talk or do a costume change, I'll use those moments for myself. I listen to what other people are playing, or just rest, or dance, even though I don't know how to.

Focusing on the way I look makes me uncomfortable. I try to focus on the way I feel - I know what makes me feel better about myself. Reading my child a story makes me feel great, doing my hair nicely doesn't.

I love comfort. Comfort is very key to me because I spend most of my time in very uncomfortable things, so it's all about trainers and flats.

Wear things that make you happy because, I think, that really shines through. If you feel uncomfortable in something, then I don't think it ever really works.

I tend to go with a daytime look, pretty natural, but I always fill in my eyebrows - I hate if I leave the gym and my eyebrows aren't done; I'm just very uncomfortable with myself.

I need to be looked after. I'm not talking about diamond rings and nice restaurants and fancy stuff - in fact, that makes me uncomfortable. I didn't grow up with it, and it's not me, you know. But I need someone to say to me, 'Shall I run you a bath?' or 'Let's go to the pub, just us.'

It's a real shame if people feel they have to do anything that makes them uncomfortable to be successful.

Creating boundaries for yourself is healthy. A lot of panic attacks, in my experience, can be stopped by actually saying to somebody, 'Sorry I can't actually do this because I feel uncomfortable.'

Everybody says, 'When you have kids, you really get away from yourself.' But really, it's the most selfish thing I've ever done. It's like, Okay, I'm going to create unconditional love for myself, and I'm going to need it and want it and ask for it every day, and I'm going to get it.

Don't underestimate the value of a great hair dryer.

The greats - they protect their sleep because it's where the best work comes from. They say no to things. They turn in when they hit their limits. They don't let the creep of sleep deprivation undermine their judgment.

I always thought what you wore underneath was as important as what you wear on top.

I may look like I'm in control on TV, but underneath I'm trying to hold it together like we all are. Here's to busy mums everywhere and the power to, occasionally, say 'enough'.

Nurturing and spending time and effort on what's happening underneath our exteriors is much more lucrative than spending a lifetime and shed load of money on your outside.

I completely agree that a sound sleep is the best beauty product. Sound sleep, one of the most important but underrated thing, helps to make you more beautiful. I can never understand how people work so hard that they miss out on their sleep.