Crowdsourcing My Self-Care

[lunabee34]

I need some calm and peace and comfort and strength and love and light in my life.

To that end, I would appreciate it if you would tell me about your religious, spiritual, mystical, and/or secular practices, rituals, or behaviors that give you the aforementioned.

Note: I would be delighted with lateral discussion; as a teacher, it is always my goal LOL. However, I will not tolerate any negative comments about peoples' beliefs and practices in this post (which I know is an unnecessary disclaimer as you all are the loveliest people who would never dream of being that kind of jackass).

Comments

[sheafrotherdon]

I try to observe a secular Shabbat on Saturdays. It's my no work day. (I try and keep Sunday clear too, but sometimes that's not possible.) I mark it with wonderful scents - a candle, an oil burner - and attend to creature comforts, and indulge in lovely things that make me happy.

I saw someone on bsky say, the other day, that instead of self-care they try for maintenance and morale. Maintenance is sleep, food etc and making those things a priority. And morale is "what will lift my spirits?" I liked that framing.

[lunabee34]

I really like in your book the distinction you make between the influencer version of self-care and truly being kind to yourself and caring about yourself. Self-care can include taking a bath and putting on a sheet mask, but it's more than that and deeper than that. I like the idea of maintenance and morale.