WELLNESS
PLAN FOR MORE SELF-CARE IN 2021 By Taylor Lieberstein
was a stressful year
to figure out what helped us stay calm and sane, how
is about making lifestyle changes that allow you to
in more ways than
to work from home, be teachers to our children, and
have time to do things that make you feel better so
one. Between a global
protect ourselves and others when we left our bubble.
that you can be the best version of yourself. From
pandemic,
social
hiking nature trails to tie dying and from journaling
injustices, and a hectic presidential election it was
Fortunately, focusing on self-care does not mean
to cooking, we all found out what which activities we
not easy. As we tip-toe into another year, many of us
having to buy any fancy equipment or investing in an
like to do when we have time. Mine is making daily
are a little hesitant, burnt out and scarred. This year
expensive membership. Unlike resolutions which are
gratitude lists, creating art, listening to podcasts,
is beginning with uncertainty as well. In some parts
a one-time goal, which are cool too. This alternative
watching educational videos on You Tube. Some of
of the United States and the world, life seems to be getting back to normal with businesses reopening and people living life like they did at the beginning of 2020. And in other places in the US and abroad, there are severe restrictions that make any semblance of normalcy almost impossible. As much as we hated the year 2020, it did teach us a lot. Most importantly we discovered a lot about at home self-care routines. What is self-care? Self-care is the discipline of taking care of your physical, mental, emotional, relational, and spiritual well-being. It is a great option for your New Year’s resolution because it’s very doable no matter where you are in life. In other words, self-care focuses on what is best for you and where you are right now in life rather than focusing just on exercise or budgeting better. Healthy resolutions are not only about personal nutrition, exercise, and sleep- the common new year’s resolutions. Resolutions can also be about knowing how to soothe and entertain yourself. Most of us finally found out how to do that and should carry those practices into 2021. We think this year it is best to stray from traditional resolutions and focus on maintaining the lighter lifestyle we learned to live this year. Continuing the self-care rituals and healthy habits that 2020 forced us to learn. During this pandemic most of us were truly on our own, maybe for the first time. Even if we were quarantined with others, we were still alone inside our own world more than the outside world. We had
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