radical acts of self care || RAOSCY BUSINESS

[can-]

ITT

[bels]

Stretching regularly

[nevergreen]

meditating

telling yourself you're awesome

eating healthy

[can-]

getting out of bed when you wake up

[ASTROCHIMP]

sleeping at least 8 hours.

[pirxthepilot]

lying on a golf ball

[freddy]

taking ur medication

[Ques]

hydrating

[CMYK]

Saying "no" when you need to

[ratchetkoala]

be okay with walking away from people who take without giving back (e.g. emotional energy, time, relationship effort)

be okay with rejecting the life other people want for you, or you feel obligated to want as well

cry when you need to

[schiaparelli]

looking at yourself, really looking at yourself, in the mirror. tracing the contours of your face, the jawline you hate, the nose you hate. leaning your head to catch the light and watching faint, delicate shadows pass over your face. seeing your eyes tilt when you smile.

i think it's really important to be happy living in your body, and getting to know what the people who love you see when they look at you

[fun_yunchables]

being conscious of sensory input -- there are beautiful colors and scents and sounds and textures to be experienced by paying attention to the world around

walking like every step is a kiss with the ground

learning to pick oneself up after a fall and continue on strong, both mentally and physically

leaving the computer and smartphone behind for a couple days at a time

removing negative thinking (eg dismissing ideas as stupid without trying at least once, the use of the world "should/shouldn't" vs. the world "could/couldn't" in creating expectations)

[alby]

being self aware when you're wrong, and allowing yourself to change your ideologies

[nevergreen]

[ratchetkoala]

paying $20 for a premium subscription of livejournal in 2013 so that you can go back and lock all of your public posts with one click

[freddy]

Every so often do a detox colon cleanse

[monoclelewinsky]

calling your mom before she starts complaining about how you never call anymore

[Bonobonobo]

Giving up on trying to remember what the thing you were worrying about earlier was.

[bels]

Not letting your mom find out how much you spent on a tie

[mooncorp]

not making excuses

[mellownyellow]

Cleaning your kitchen counters and setting out the supplies for next morning coffee

[silvaeri]

bouncing off a few ideas already posted.

practicing daily mindfulness. be conscious of what you're doing and with reason. try to prevent yourself from simply moving through the motions of life without thought.

[posh_somme]

listening

[bataille]

Quitting an unfulfilling job

[bels]

Paying thousands of pounds for therapy

[ramseames]

Shower time, adderall, a glass of whiskey, and diesel jeans

[sknss]

my parents' friend: "in the morning I like to do some slow movements for 20 minutes. sometimes i don't feel like doing it but i tell myself no, i will not take the easy way out"

[oucho]

walk every day for an hour+

[iralanwitnuk]

Getting your body wet and lathered up with warm water and rinse with cold (all the way) water in the shower

[adiabatic]

going to the spendy gym