Comments on: *8 Things: Self Care Essentials http://www.magpie-girl.com/20090514/8-things-self-care-essentials/ distracted by sparkly things since 1969 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:21:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dee Wilcox http://www.magpie-girl.com/20090514/8-things-self-care-essentials/comment-page-1/#comment-29142 Dee Wilcox Fri, 15 May 2009 18:40:43 +0000 http://www.magpie-girl.com/?p=1557#comment-29142 I happened to catch your post yesterday morning - maybe through a fellow Twitterer? - and I can't tell you how it encouraged me... well, and <i>discouraged</i> me initially. I was feeling particularly unsuccessful and overwhelmed, and your list struck me as a good idea, but not important enough to tackle. I just don't have time to <i>do one more thing</i>. Today, tho, I find myself still thinking about this list. I realized gardening needs to be on that list for me - maybe as a meditative/creative activity. And since I realized that, I realized there is value in creating my own list. Times are tight, and there is never enough time or energy in a day. But there is value in simply having an *8 Things list and trying to live like I care for myself as much as I do my loved ones. Thanks for making me think and for motivating me to make a change. I happened to catch your post yesterday morning – maybe through a fellow Twitterer? – and I can’t tell you how it encouraged me… well, and discouraged me initially. I was feeling particularly unsuccessful and overwhelmed, and your list struck me as a good idea, but not important enough to tackle. I just don’t have time to do one more thing.

Today, tho, I find myself still thinking about this list. I realized gardening needs to be on that list for me – maybe as a meditative/creative activity. And since I realized that, I realized there is value in creating my own list. Times are tight, and there is never enough time or energy in a day. But there is value in simply having an *8 Things list and trying to live like I care for myself as much as I do my loved ones. Thanks for making me think and for motivating me to make a change.

]]> By: Marie http://www.magpie-girl.com/20090514/8-things-self-care-essentials/comment-page-1/#comment-29130 Marie Fri, 15 May 2009 04:34:46 +0000 http://www.magpie-girl.com/?p=1557#comment-29130 Here's my list! :) 1. Hydration. Water, juice or herbal tea. Water is my favorite. 2. Moving and using my body. Stretch! Yoga. Taking a walk or working in the yard. 3. Sleeeeep. 4. Grooming. Bath! Combing my hair, brushing and flossing my teeth, neatening cuticles and nails. At the end of day, massaging my feet. 5. Checking in with the natural world. Seeing the sky, noticing the weather and the way the light and air shifts with the seasons and time of day. 6. Reminders. My calendar. Lists to remind me of goals and projects and even more importantly, sub tasks of projects. Things to focus me and then to cross off when completed. I give myself a number of boxes for 15 minutes of work, and check them off when I've spend some amount of time on a task. 7. "Down time" inside my own head. Write a little, read a little, think a little. 8. "Up time" out of my head. Snuggles and conversation with my sweetie. Here’s my list! :)

1. Hydration. Water, juice or herbal tea. Water is my favorite.
2. Moving and using my body. Stretch! Yoga. Taking a walk or working in the yard.
3. Sleeeeep.
4. Grooming. Bath! Combing my hair, brushing and flossing my teeth, neatening cuticles and nails. At the end of day, massaging my feet.
5. Checking in with the natural world. Seeing the sky, noticing the weather and the way the light and air shifts with the seasons and time of day.
6. Reminders. My calendar. Lists to remind me of goals and projects and even more importantly, sub tasks of projects. Things to focus me and then to cross off when completed. I give myself a number of boxes for 15 minutes of work, and check them off when I’ve spend some amount of time on a task.
7. “Down time” inside my own head. Write a little, read a little, think a little.
8. “Up time” out of my head. Snuggles and conversation with my sweetie.

]]> By: Janet http://www.magpie-girl.com/20090514/8-things-self-care-essentials/comment-page-1/#comment-29123 Janet Thu, 14 May 2009 20:34:32 +0000 http://www.magpie-girl.com/?p=1557#comment-29123 Great idea! I am going to take the time to think about this and write something too. Great idea! I am going to take the time to think about this and write something too.

]]> By: Tori http://www.magpie-girl.com/20090514/8-things-self-care-essentials/comment-page-1/#comment-29121 Tori Thu, 14 May 2009 19:38:38 +0000 http://www.magpie-girl.com/?p=1557#comment-29121 This was a good reminder! With what will probably be my most stressful month coming up I need to remember to do the things that keep me healthy and sane. Every time I read your blog I am glad I found it. This was a good reminder! With what will probably be my most stressful month coming up I need to remember to do the things that keep me healthy and sane. Every time I read your blog I am glad I found it.

]]> By: Emily http://www.magpie-girl.com/20090514/8-things-self-care-essentials/comment-page-1/#comment-29119 Emily Thu, 14 May 2009 17:33:47 +0000 http://www.magpie-girl.com/?p=1557#comment-29119 What a GREAT list! All of those are oh-so-important! Thanks for the reminder. :) Love the blog! What a GREAT list! All of those are oh-so-important! Thanks for the reminder. :) Love the blog!

]]> By: Maggie Ann http://www.magpie-girl.com/20090514/8-things-self-care-essentials/comment-page-1/#comment-29118 Maggie Ann Thu, 14 May 2009 15:00:15 +0000 http://www.magpie-girl.com/?p=1557#comment-29118 What a timely post this was. I am in the midst of finals week and in order to stay healthy and sane self care IS essential. Thank you for giving me a reason to reflect on what is important to my well being! Here's a link to my *8 Things: http://www.maggie-ann.com/journal/2009/5/14/eight-things-self-care-essentials.html What a timely post this was. I am in the midst of finals week and in order to stay healthy and sane self care IS essential. Thank you for giving me a reason to reflect on what is important to my well being! Here’s a link to my *8 Things:
http://www.maggie-ann.com/journal/2009/5/14/eight-things-self-care-essentials.html

]]> By: Kel http://www.magpie-girl.com/20090514/8-things-self-care-essentials/comment-page-1/#comment-29115 Kel Thu, 14 May 2009 09:44:13 +0000 http://www.magpie-girl.com/?p=1557#comment-29115 this post is rather amusing really - asking women to name 8 things they do for self care - huh!?! women are so good at caring about and for everyone else except ourselves 8 things whooeeee what do i need to stay sane on a daily basis? hydrotherapy = hot shower caffeine therapy = espresso with dash of milk after that I'm more likely to have a sane day this post is rather amusing really – asking women to name 8 things they do for self care – huh!?!
women are so good at caring about and for everyone else
except ourselves
8 things
whooeeee

what do i need to stay sane on a daily basis?

hydrotherapy = hot shower
caffeine therapy = espresso with dash of milk

after that I’m more likely to have a sane day

]]> By: Tess http://www.magpie-girl.com/20090514/8-things-self-care-essentials/comment-page-1/#comment-29113 Tess Thu, 14 May 2009 08:32:17 +0000 http://www.magpie-girl.com/?p=1557#comment-29113 Many of your eight things are mine also, although I often sabotage myself by not attending to them. On sleep: it's taking me a long time to get to my optimum amount. It's easy for me (at the moment because of being fancy-free) to sleep more than eight hours, and then I feel sluggish, but I often still feel tired after eight. Seven or eight seems about right if I can get into a rhythm. What really made me chuckle was you mentioning a few rows of knitting as relaxing. This came hot on the heels of me actually throwing my knitting across the room yesterday having yet again screwed up the pattern in a relatively simple cardigan. I think it probably is not my forte! Many of your eight things are mine also, although I often sabotage myself by not attending to them.

On sleep: it’s taking me a long time to get to my optimum amount. It’s easy for me (at the moment because of being fancy-free) to sleep more than eight hours, and then I feel sluggish, but I often still feel tired after eight. Seven or eight seems about right if I can get into a rhythm.

What really made me chuckle was you mentioning a few rows of knitting as relaxing. This came hot on the heels of me actually throwing my knitting across the room yesterday having yet again screwed up the pattern in a relatively simple cardigan. I think it probably is not my forte!

]]> By: Jo http://www.magpie-girl.com/20090514/8-things-self-care-essentials/comment-page-1/#comment-29111 Jo Thu, 14 May 2009 07:25:07 +0000 http://www.magpie-girl.com/?p=1557#comment-29111 As a fellow migraineur I found myself thinking your 8 Things are pretty much my 8 Things too, especially #3. So I shall rest and thank you for writing my list for me! As a fellow migraineur I found myself thinking your 8 Things are pretty much my 8 Things too, especially #3. So I shall rest and thank you for writing my list for me!

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