How do you make time for self-care?
22/09/2026@Waakiye
Hey…
I hope all of you are doing well…!
Slept as a sober man last night after the cravings almost killed me last night…!
To be honest,
By the end my mind was telling me that a swig won’t matter,
And,
You can always start to be sober the next day,
Can’t you…?
Which seems funny and pathetic because when I look at what state I was in last night—
I thank the powers that helped myself…!
Nothing more…!
😇
To be honest,
What even is self care…?
Does it mean something like taking a bath with candles or does it mean having a skin care routine or does it mean visiting a business like a coffee shop shop or having a spa day which helps you relax…!
I feel it’s much less glamorous for me…!
Sometimes it’s just fixing on not touching a drop of alcohol when everything in your body wants you to…!
Sometimes it’s pushing myself to go on a morning walk, maybe it’s a playlist that helps me by keeping going or it’s a half hour YouTube video that I wanted to watch but I wasn’t able to…!
Sometimes its just cleaning my room in the morning so that I have a clean and quiet room to return to which helps me sleep better and I don’t have to worry about cleaning or arranging sheets at night…!
Sometimes it’s just crying about things that aren’t in my control when memories of someone who was with me hits harder…!
Sometimes it’s just this,
Writing into a prompt how I feel in a hope this helps someone out someday…!
Sometimes it’s just sitting in the sun in the morning soaking it all in,
Sometimes it’s just me staring at the moon and thinking about someone who was with me and remembering them…!
What if our self care differs from someone else,
It’s the way we are and how we cop or care about ourselves and our well being…!
Isn’t it…?
And now to answer the prompt at last
How do I make time for self care….?
Some days it’s more like I shift the self care to the weekends,
Until all of the things that haunt me come to me at once which I know is not healthy,
But,
This is how it is somedays because I don’t have time to think about them on the weekdays…!
Other days I make time from my normal routine like grabbing Nagori tea on my way to work and sipping it while I work…!
Some days it’s stopping by this cafe and trying a new coffee that I didn’t have before…!
Well,
If you want to exist like a normal person,
You cannot do that without taking care of yourself first…!
How do you shave off time in your normal routine to do self care…?
Do let me know…!
Selfcaremaxxing until we feel good…! 😂
Cheers 🥂
Love Waakiye 🤍🤍
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