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my previous post. Check it out for more information about each of these ideas.

Pedicures, massages, facials, etc.
Sitting on the shower floor with the water beating on your head
Picturing the future being different
Seeing everyone as connected with potential and power to define our lives
The idea that challenges and negative situations are here to teach us
Sending out positive energy (never a wasted effort)
Listening to music
Singing
Napping
Petting an animal
Cooking
Going on a fantasy trip
Attending religious services
Spending quiet time in a place of worship
Religious rituals
Secular Shabbat
Breathing exercises
Solitude
Journaling, including morning pages
Meditation (meditating on the spiral dance, ecstatic dance meditation, using beads)
Gratitude practices
Creating an escape route
Time in nature, especially by water
Sleep hygiene
Zen Garden of Chill (ongoing creative project)
Seeing each week and month as a starting over episode
Giving yourself permission to fail and start over
Candles
Incense
Essential oils
Handicrafts like knitting
Coloring books
Prayer
Yoga
"The Desiderata"
Creating a sacred space
Crystals
Taking a spiritual bath
Conducting a spell for inner peace
Taking walks
Playing phone games
Making art
No negative self-talk
Reframing it as maintenance/morale rather than self-care
Using lists
Audiobooks
Jigsaw puzzles
Spending time with your children
Bohm Dialogue (The Four-Fold Way)
Dance
Thai Chi
Saying positive affirmations in groups of threes
Taking virtual travel walks/walks in nature
Spending 10 minutes contemplating an artwork