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No time for self care? Here's a 5-step guide for busy people

CherryBombSenior Contributor25 Jan 2015, 10:23 pm AEDT

No time for self care? Here's a 5-step guide for busy people

Self-care is important. It helps you to stay phyiscally and emotionally well, which puts you in a better place for both you and the person you care for. Here's 5 things that you can do to squeeze it into your daily routines.

1. Start with your needs first

2. Schedule it

3. Priortise

4. Be assertive about setting your boundaries

5. Focus on little and often

**See this article for more information

Got any other ideas? Tell us what you do?

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Shaz51Senior Contributor20 May 2018, 7:13 pm AEST

Re: No time for self care? Here's a 5-step guide for busy people

Helllo @outlander, @PeppiPatty, @Former-Member, @Determined

self care is very important , how are you going xoxo

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DeterminedSenior Contributor20 May 2018, 7:24 pm AEST

Re: No time for self care? Here's a 5-step guide for busy people

@Shaz51, very much failing at self care at the moment,

I keep promising to have next weekend off but have again worked through the weekend and feeling the effects. To add to that, for all of my efforts I have not been the least bit productive. I am sleeping well at the moment but not at all rested.

We did have a nice family night out last night though, that was relaxing despite the children being high wired by the time we got home. It was good that they enjoyed our family outing though.

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Shaz51Senior Contributor20 May 2018, 7:33 pm AEST

Re: No time for self care? Here's a 5-step guide for busy people

that souds like a lovely evening last night @Determined, and sometimes this count more in everyday living my friend

me too failing in one sense @Determined, but in another way to look at it , mr shaz and i spent time together watching taped shows for the day until lunch time and then I spent the afternoon with my mum and aunty at bingo

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Shaz51Senior Contributor26 May 2018, 5:37 pm AEST

Re: No time for self care? Here's a 5-step guide for busy people

Hello @Determined, @outlander, @PeppiPatty, @Former-Member

this afternoon it would of been easy to say no we are not coming for afternoon tea , but we went

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Shaz51Senior Contributor24 Aug 2018, 3:41 pm AEST

Re: No time for self care? Here's a 5-step guide for busy people

Hello @Determined, @outlander, @PeppiPatty, @Former-Member

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Shaz51Senior Contributor26 Aug 2018, 1:13 pm AEST

Re: No time for self care? Here's a 5-step guide for busy people

Hello @Gratitude123 and welcome to the forum

how are you today

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