Victor L. Crouch, MSW, LCSW
   
 
Ideas for Self-Care
   
 
  1. Write thoughts in a fancy journal
  2. Immerse yourself in a lavender bath
  3. Walk daily while listening to your favorite music on your iPod
  4. Stay properly hydrated with water
  5. Bring a bit of nature into your space.  Befriend a hardy,living plant
  6. Update your wardrobe
  7. Purchase a new pair of shoes
  8. Start a photo album with pictures of you smiling
  9. Find a comfy chair and read your favorite book from cover to cover
  10. Really listen to the lyrics of favorite song.  Feel free to sing along
  11. Write your best friend a hand written letter
  12. Slow down
  13. Stay out of the mall
  14. Take a water color art class.  It’s OK if you’re not Picasso.  The point is to have fun, meet new people, and awaken yourself to new possibilities
  15. Turn the TV off
  16. Discover art at your local museum
  17. Build a library of your favorite books
  18. Have your car fully serviced by someone else
  19. Bake cookies with someone you really like. Eat them together
  20. Volunteer for a worthwhile organization that takes you out of your zone of comfort for one hour
  21. Go to bed early at least one night/week
  22. Occasionally remind yourself that you have yet to reach your potential—then, start reaching
  23. Pray, cry and curse when required. Get those yucky feelings off your chest
  24. List your favorite foods. Endeavor to cook them
  25. Keep your home/office clean so that there is no such thing as a “cleaning day”
  26. Finally, make friends with your laptop
  27. Have a good belly laugh at least once a day
  28. Play scrabble
  29. Bless yours meals.  Your taste will improve
  30. Pay yourself first
  31. Propose goals, not resolutions
  32. Take a picnic lunch any day that suits you
  33. Take an early morning drive on a country road
  34. Get up slowly in the morning
  35. Smell the roses
  36. Frame your college degrees and accomplishments
  37. Pat yourself on the back, regularly
  38. Get a massage once a month, at least
  39. Resolve to complete incomplete gestures
  40. Seek closure
  41. Take a big step out on faith
  42. Make someone else’s day for no reason
  43. Smile MORE. It improves your face
  44. Give completely out of need to others
  45. Understand that less is more
  46. Listen
  47. According to Stephen Covey, “Seek first to understand”
  48. Kaiser Permanente: Healthy Living to Go
  49. Mental Wellness
   
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