Daily 7: Show Self Love Through Self-Care

Welcome to Day 2 of the Daily 7 series meant to help us cultivate our daily focuses for peace, success and happiness. Yesterday, I kicked the series off by sharing one of my top focuses — prayer and peace. Today, I’m digging into another important focus.

As the saying goes, self-care is not selfish. Self-care in it's simplest form is caring for one's self. Sometimes that might look like making time for things that feel good to me like a bubble bath or massage, and other times it's doing things that are good for me like a visit to the doctor, making a healthy eating choice or going for a ride on my Peloton. Self care is an act of self love, so because I love myself, I'm working on being more intentional in this area.

When we overcomplicate self-care, we're opening a door to make excuses for not prioritizing it. By finally acknowledging that self-care is really just taking care of me, it allowed me to begin recognizing and cultivating lots of simple ways I can care for and show love to myself every day. What if we normalized taking a nap when we're tired as self-care? What about saying no to something, so you can say yes to you?  

The reality is I can't visit the spa everyday or book a getaway every weekend, but I can take my supplements…I can choose to have some dairy-free days (and my stomach thanks me for it lol)…I can soak in the tub…I can block off my calendar for me time…I can do yoga…I can give myself a facial…I can set boundaries…I can love and care for myself! Now don't get me wrong, I was not always intentional about caring for myself. I was often last on my focuses, and I resented it. But I learned and continue to learn the importance of prioritizing me – even in the midst of balancing family, business, and more. If I'm no good to me, how can I be any good to anyone else? That's a line I run back to myself whenever I forget to care for me, and I hope it's one you remind yourself of, too. Again, self-care is self love.

TAKE ACTION

The goal each day is to cultivate your own daily focuses. With this in mind, throughout this series, there are accompanying daily prompts and action steps to help you minimize the less meaningful and prioritize the most meaningful. For exclusive access to the these action steps and the full Daily 7 resources and guide, subscribe below.

Have a glowing day!

Xo,

Shalyce