Being healthy depends on having a healthy balance in life. It's alright if you experience temporary chaos that infringes upon your ability to take care of yourself. Do the best you can and know that it will pass. However, if your "normal" includes not having enough time for self care on a day-to-day basis, things need to change.
Everyone needs daily time to cook meals, exercise, sleep enough, meditate, and do something recreational that is not work-related. Take a few moments to reflect upon the amount of self-care time that is built into your current daily schedule. Then consider what small changes you can make to build in some "me" time. If you can build in a one-minute daily meditation practice, that is a good place to start. If you can make a cup of tea and sit for 15 minutes to enjoy it, that is also a good start. Remember that we get out of our self-care habits little by little, most often without even noticing. We get caught up in the busy day-to-day and one day we realize that we don't even take time to cook our meals anymore. Don't get discouraged!
All you need is to make a one percent change every day. This is the approach called "kaizen" in Japanese. After 100 days, you will have improved something in your life by 100 percent. Small changes add up to big ones! Be patient with yourself.
Everyone needs daily time to cook meals, exercise, sleep enough, meditate, and do something recreational that is not work-related. Take a few moments to reflect upon the amount of self-care time that is built into your current daily schedule. Then consider what small changes you can make to build in some "me" time. If you can build in a one-minute daily meditation practice, that is a good place to start. If you can make a cup of tea and sit for 15 minutes to enjoy it, that is also a good start. Remember that we get out of our self-care habits little by little, most often without even noticing. We get caught up in the busy day-to-day and one day we realize that we don't even take time to cook our meals anymore. Don't get discouraged!
All you need is to make a one percent change every day. This is the approach called "kaizen" in Japanese. After 100 days, you will have improved something in your life by 100 percent. Small changes add up to big ones! Be patient with yourself.