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Society Isn’t Designed For Self-Care was a title idea in my dream, but after some long introspection, I’ve decided against this title. I had realizations that society only promotes self-care when it’s convenient and beneficial to do so for its own personal gain and self-care can become problematic when people don’t have the proper tools to practice it.
This story is intended to provide you with a general understanding of self-care and how to practice it during a time of still so much uncertainty, while shifting our focus on collective care when it fails.
What comes to mind when thinking of self-care? Take a moment to either write down your thoughts or make mental notes. In short, self-care is taking an active role in your health and wellness in every area of your life. Self-care will vary from person to person based on their needs in certain areas of their life (google search the ‘Wellness Wheel’). What comes to mind when thinking of what self-care is not? Take a moment to either write down your thoughts or make mental notes. In short, self-care is not not taking an active role in your health and wellness in every area of your life, which leads us to aftercare or collective care when self-care fails.
Due to barriers and moments of distress, self-care will be challenging to practice. Therefore, the ‘Wellness Wheel’ is a good place to…
