30 Days of Happiness #9

I am not totally horrible at self-care.  I am not bragging.  I can’t afford to be horrible at it.  For one thing, I have kids.  Even though they are basically grown-ups, I am the Mama and need to be strong, stable, and healthy.  For another, a long period of neglecting self-care, among other things, led up to my worst depression period.  I have never been the same since.  I can’t go at 100 miles an hour indefinitely, doing All The Things at once.  It just doesn’t work.  I do what I have to do to keep running.  I admit that it kind of pisses me off that I require so much care to do part of what I used to be able to do, but it’s not like there’s an alternative.  Mostly I just get on with it.

Which brings me to the list:

Get enough sleep.

Get enough exercise.

Eat healthy food.

Get the occasional pedicure.

Clean house.

Play.

All of those things contribute to my wellbeing.