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Happy Wednesday
Things to remember:
🔅Self-care is not selfish.
🔅Self-care is self-love.
🔅Treat yourself like someone you love.
Early morning and late nights to get it all done...
Some of us take pride in being the person that people can depend on. But can you depend on yourself? Who heals the healer?
Who nurses the nurse?
Are you eating and sleeping enough to maintain the vital essence you feel is so important for your family and community?
At times I’ve had to remind myself to treat myself the way I treat my loved ones.
For more than 70 weeks, I've been counting down to this day, but the closer I get the more overwhelmed I feel. In a few days my one only baby girl graduates from college...I'm so anxious. I'm so anxious, I sleepy during the daytime and restless at night. Switching my sleep to schedule seems like an easy fix until I consider everything else on the to-do list. At this point several students have emailed me about the one - three weeks of work they've missed, sighting stress and requesting extra credit; I guess they don't understand that extra credit translates to extra work for me. As I typed my responses, I'm reminded of the " Four Agreements" don't take this personally, they are just trying to take of themselves I just need to do my best, this also prevents me from nagging. But the list keeps growing...
As I plan the travel and lodging, my mother says her( my daughter's) graduation is my mother's day present... Uh No...
My daughter's graduation is scheduled for 8:30 am on Mother's Day and she needs to be moved out of her campus apartment by 5 pm the same day, really who thinks of approves these things? My ideal Mother's day includes me moving on my own time with no real responsibilities, this day will be the complete opposite. I'm tired and my cup is empty and then I remembered it's my responsibility to take care of myself. I decided to treat myself, in the form of a to-do list of course. My personal to-do list for the days leading up to Mother's day includes: finding a new pair of earrings, a massage, having some Henna done, a massage, and a new hairdo. I don't know why I decided to work myself like a horse, but a dead workhorse works for no one. Eventually, my lack of self-care was going to have me so tired that I would be moving carelessly. I am happy I caught myself.
You can not pour from an empty cup! You must prioritize taking care of yourself if you truly feel what you do is vital. In the words of our forever First Lady @michelleobama: We need to put ourselves higher on our to-do list.
🔅Self-care is not selfish.
🔅Self-care is self-love.
🔅Treat yourself like someone you love.
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💛Mya
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