1279: In praise of boring self-care
When we talk about self-care we tend to think about the fun, nice parts, but we can often face a lot of resistance to the boring - but essential - side to it. So today I've got a bossy one for you!
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Friday to you. It is the end of the week. We made it. And if you do miss your dose of rebel rousing and encouragement on the weekend, and you're not already part of my Letters of Rebellion email community, please come on over. Every week on a Sunday, I share really helpful, unconventional, and practical shit about building a life you love and the very real and very vulnerable bits of my own journey of creating a life I love that I don't share anywhere else in the hopes of helping you build yours. If we're not already email friends, head over to the rebelrousers.com forward slash letters to come join us. So for today's daily pep, it is gonna be a bit of a funny one because I just wanna simply remind us all to make sure we're doing the boring self care. When we think of self care, we tend to think of all the nice things.
We think of all the books, all the journaling. But if you're anything like me, you might have a bit of resistance related to the more boring aspects of it, e. G, getting enough sleep, taking medication, and organizing things like doctor's appointments. And I think so many of us struggle with this. In my group program, one one buying club, we get together and co work three times a week. And one of the things we've got into a really good habit of is sharing in the chat when we've taken medication as a reminder for everybody else to do the same too. And my goodness, it is so helpful because there can be resistance. Also, life is very busy and we can genuinely forget.
And for some of us, it can be all too easy just to not do the thing. And I also get the pushback of not wanting to do the thing but having to do the thing. Since being on insulin, I don't have a choice not to take it. And believe me, even though I am wildly grateful that I have it and it exists, I also sometimes get really pissed off that I have to factor it in. So if you have a chronic health condition where you don't have the option not to do it, then give yourself a bit of extra love for that too. So take today's episode as your sign to go pick up your prescription, go book your doctor's appointment, go take your medication, or have a think about how you can get more sleep. While it might not be the most fun part of self care, it is probably one of the most essential parts of self care, and it's also part of what helps us keep going with doing the wonderful and weird shit that we do. So that is my slightly bossy daily prep for you to end this week.
I can't wait to back in your ears on Monday or in your inbox on Sunday. And if you did wanna join my email community, head to the link in the show notes. Have a good one and remember as always that everything changes when you believe you matter.
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