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"The strongest oak tree of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It's the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun."
~ Napoleon Hill ~

Do you have the strength to handle all that life gives you? Are you up to the task of living out your purpose? Are you as positive, healthy and calm as you can be for your family and friends?

Self-care is not about being selfish. It is about caring for yourself as you would care for anything else given to you. You care for your things, your family, your friends, strangers, your car. You don't want things and relationships breaking down, so you spend time with maintenance. You make the phone call, you change the oil, you dust the piano.

You need to take time to care for yourself, because you also need maintenance to be the best you can be. Everyone benefits when you make self-care a priority. You treat others with more kindness, you don't act like a martyr, you are healthier for physical tasks, and your joy radiates to others.

Don't let the three biggest obstacles: guilt, time and money, deprive you of your self-care time.

Guilt

When I am coaching clients, I have found the biggest obstacle to people's self care is not time or money, but the guilt. People don't feel worthy of the time or money. They feel guilty for doing something for themselves when they could be cooking, cleaning, volunteering, meeting hubby's needs, making money, saving money and a million other things.

My goal is to get you to look at self-care is a stewardship, rather than a luxury. You were given this body, mind and soul. It is up to you to take care of what you have been given.

How different would you behave if you were well-rested and energetic? How much more could you get done? How much better would your relationships be if you cut out the martyr routine and responded with love and joy instead? How would your work improve if you took breaks and took care of your stress so you could focus? How much better would your house look if you thought of cleaning as self-care and a nurturing of yourself through your environment?

Are you seeing that self-care is a necessity, not a luxury?

Time

Now that you know the importance, when are you going to find the time? If you haven't been taking regular time outs, you may not even know how you got so busy. So grab some time from the time wasters like TV or surfing the internet.

Get out a notebook or a journal and start writing. Write about how quiet time feels. Write about how anxious you are feeling when you are not "doing." Ask yourself about some of your activities. Why are you doing them? Are they important to you? Are they the best use of your time? Decide what to cut out to make more time to take care of yourself.

If you can't find time for yourself, then you are doing too much. It is that simple. You wouldn't expect the car to work at optimum if you never changed the oil. You wouldn't expect your kids to go from the time they wake up till the time they went to bed. You can't expect yourself to be your best without the necessities for your mind, body and soul.

Money

Taking care of yourself doesn't mean spend lots of money on yourself. In fact, being financially responsible is part of your self-care. Taking a walk, reading a library book, or having a morning prayer time don't cost money. In fact most self-care is free.

But, you shouldn't be stingy with yourself either. If you constantly buy gifts for others and never for yourself you might want to ask yourself why.

Try coming up with a few creative ideas for building a self-care fund for haircuts, massages, classes or little presents. Maybe you can save the money from couponing, or save your change every day, or sell some things you want declutter. Maybe you can barter and trade services.

I have posed the three biggest obstacles to self-care, now it's time to take care of those obstacles in your own life. You are worth it!

(c) 2004 Beth Dargis, All rights reserved.

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