Good self-care is everything. It is the foundation that you can give yourself for your ability to be the best version of yourself that you want to be.

Setting aside time to take good care of your body and mind can feel like an extra thing to do, maybe even a selfish thing to do, but in truth, the opposite is the case.

You live a more quality life as well as to live a longer life.

And, you will be a better person to all who you care about.

This post is all about the importance of self-care in your life so that you can be the best version of yourself.

How and Why do Self-Care

What life without good self-care can be like

chronically tired
stressed out
frequent bad moods
unhappiness
feel uninspired
lack of motivation
emotional conflicts
lack of energy
dis-satisfaction

If you don’t take good care of yourself, your life will let you know with the outer manifestation of many not-so-good things. Some of those things are how you feel physically and emotionally. Others are how everything in your life unfolds for you in ways that are less than what you want. And your life could just feel very difficult because you are not feeling at your best.

You live in your body and mind. Most would not run a cheap gas in a very expensive new car. You should treat your body and mind better than an expensive new car, don’t you think?

What life with good self-care can be like

feel energetic
feel healthy
feel strong
think well
motivation
feel capable
happier in general
more tolerant of challenges
handle conflicts with better self-efficacy

Good self-care gives you a foundation from which you can handle things with stability and strength. Your day feels longer in a good way because you have the energy to do far more than you do when you don’t take good care of yourself.

The time that it takes to do it, will be paid back in many folds with the energy that you have throughout the day. In addition, you will be more attractive overall to people and good things that enhance your life path.

How to implement good self-care into your life

Make it a routine, at the same time in the same order
Keep healthy things around your environment
Be around healthy minded positive people as much as you can
be mindful of the fact that it is not selfish but it is self-full
Create a support group for yourself that affirms the importance and benefit of good self-care

First and foremost, realize that the time and effort that you put into self-care is not selfish. The reason for this is that you will be a better person to all whom you care about when you are in a habit of good self-care.

Do you remember a time when you were less than patient, grouchy, or unkind to someone? You may have been tired or were chemically imbalanced(drinking the night before), have low blood sugar from not having eaten food, or be sluggish from being overworked without rest or time to yourself.

It is not to say that when you care well for yourself you will always be perfect. You will, however, be the best that you can be, when you are taking good care of yourself.

The best and the easiest way to do good at self-care is to make it into a daily habit like brushing your teeth. For example:

Do a few hours of work
Exercise
Shower and dress
Eat healthy meal
work at doing something important to you
outdoors activity
dinner
fun activity
bathroom routine
go to bed

When you do good self-care as a daily routine, taking good care of yourself becomes your habit. When taking good care of yourself becomes your habit, you are golden.

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This post was all about taking good care of yourself so that you can be the best version of yourself.