The term “self care” is something that I have struggled with over the years.So what prompted me to start carving out “Self Care Sunday” time ? Let me be completely transparent with you….
My husband kept suggesting that I go for a manicure and pedicure on the weekends. EVERY single time I came up with an excuse as to why I couldn’t go. One day it was because my favorite nail tech wasn’t there. The following weekend it was because it was raining. The weekend after that it was because it was already noon, and it gets too packed in there on the weekends if you aren’t there right when they open the doors!
Eventually he called me out on making excuses and flat out told me to stop worrying about everyone else and take some time to myself. At first I was so offended! Why would I be making excuses? Then it dawned on me…. As I took an extra 30 minutes to leave the house kissing all three of my children like I was going off to join the army; that I was in fact making excuses not to be without them.
I felt so guilty at the thought of leaving them behind. How silly? I was literally walking up the street and would be home in an hour. I realized sitting in the massage chair that they would be just fine, and I was getting a chance to hit the reset button. I got home feeling brand new.
Ladies, self care is not selfish. You deserve it, and you need it. You will be able to care for everyone else so much better when your needs are being met as well!