2020 Hindsight; Self care: small habits
Dec. 13th, 2019 02:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gailmom77I've been trying to work in small habits to work toward better self care. I downloaded an app that helps you keep track of chores, and the way it is set up lets you make a task out of almost anything, so mine includes self care as a category.
I recently set up a makeup table in my room out of my great grandma's desk and a lighted battery powered foldable vanity mirror. It gives me a fun place to sit down and feel like I"m pampering myself when I'm putting on my lotion and facecream at night, or my spf face lotion in the morning. Oh, yeah, and putting on makeup. So far I really love it! I'm using the wooden adjustable shower chair I found at the thrift store for $5 as the seat. It works well because when I need it for the shower it's super lightweight to move and take in there, but when other persons are using the shower they aren't having to find someplace in my tiny bathroom to set it outside the shower.
I've also been working on squeezing in exercise in places where I don't feel like I"m being deprived of time to do other things. The biggest success story in that department so far is parking at the back of the parking lot when running errands (or the furthest back there is a cart return in the case of shopping that requires a cart). It feels good, I've already given myself permission not to do that when the weather is miserable, and it is super easy to find my white truck in the sea of white trucks that is a Texas parking lot.
I recently set up a makeup table in my room out of my great grandma's desk and a lighted battery powered foldable vanity mirror. It gives me a fun place to sit down and feel like I"m pampering myself when I'm putting on my lotion and facecream at night, or my spf face lotion in the morning. Oh, yeah, and putting on makeup. So far I really love it! I'm using the wooden adjustable shower chair I found at the thrift store for $5 as the seat. It works well because when I need it for the shower it's super lightweight to move and take in there, but when other persons are using the shower they aren't having to find someplace in my tiny bathroom to set it outside the shower.
I've also been working on squeezing in exercise in places where I don't feel like I"m being deprived of time to do other things. The biggest success story in that department so far is parking at the back of the parking lot when running errands (or the furthest back there is a cart return in the case of shopping that requires a cart). It feels good, I've already given myself permission not to do that when the weather is miserable, and it is super easy to find my white truck in the sea of white trucks that is a Texas parking lot.
