#52SmallThings: A Weekly Self-Care Challenge

If you take the time to look, you will find a million ideas for self-care. By definition, self-care is “the practice of taking action to preserve or improve one’s health, well-being and happiness.” Essentially, self-care is anything you enjoy doing that takes your mind away from your stress. Below is a list of a few [...]

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31 Simple Self-Care Ideas to Get You Started

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Do you ever forget to take care of yourself? Practicing self-care is crucial for everyone, but more so if you live with chronic and/or mental illness. Finding time to look after you and nourish your body and mind is important and doing so regularly will hopefully help you to manage any physical or mental health conditions. Scheduling [...]

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List 5 things you appreciate about yourself.

Today’s as good a day as any to write a list, wouldn't you say, Mighties?!

Let’s list 5 things we appreciate about ourselves. This can include our strengths, accomplishments we are proud of, or personality traits we're glad we have.

Here are Mighty staffer @sparklywartanks 5 things:

😇 She’s kind and empathetic toward others
👂 She’s a good listener
📚 She loves to learn new things
🌱 She’s dedicated to her own growth and development
⭐ She makes choices that are best for her

What are your 5 things?

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TRUE or FALSE: It’s easier for me to accept other people’s flaws than my own.

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True: It’s not easy for me to accept my flaws.

False: I accept everyone for who they are, including myself.

Neither: It's difficult to accept flaws in myself + others.

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What have you come to accept about your health?

Managing a health condition (or several!) can mean having to adjust and adapt to the varying changes and demands of fluctuating and/or unpredictable symptoms. What you experience one day might be totally different from the next, impacting how you navigate your day-to-day life.

Health conditions can be challenging, and acceptance — or lack thereof — of your circumstances is a personal process.

What's something you've come to accept about your health?

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Acceptance to me means…

Happy Monday, Mighty fam!

Let's talk about ✨ acceptance ✨ this week.

While we all go through the process of acceptance on some level, accepting something is a personal journey where we notice, acknowledge, come to terms with, and embrace what we're experiencing without judgment. This may look and feel different for everyone, and that's 100% OK.

What does acceptance mean to you? What does it look and feel like?

Share your thoughts in the comments below! ⬇️

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TRUE or FALSE: I consider myself a simple person.

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True – I like to keep things simple.

False – I see myself as more complex.

It depends on the day or situation.

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What is currently taking up more of your time and energy than you’d like?

We all have different levels of responsibilities, tasks, and daily chores that take up a portion of our day and brain space because, well... we just have to get them done. (Adulting is #fun!)

But, do you ever feel like there’s one or more of those things that take up much more time than it has to and could use a revamp or different approach?

For Mighty staffer @sparklywartanks that thing is how long it takes her to make a purchasing decision while shopping for herself. She can definitely benefit from simplifying her decision-making process so she feels more confident and it takes her less time and energy to shop.

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What are some ways you could simplify your living space?

Whether it’s finding a better system to store your food, or taking unused clothes or shoes to be donated; to readjusting your furniture so you can move around your home more comfortably, different actions can be taken to simplify your living space — especially if you find you want to make some changes but don’t exactly know where to start.

What would simplify your living space and make it more comfortable for you?

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Something I own but never use is…

Simplifying our lives requires us to examine and reflect on the different aspects of our daily routines, habits, and surroundings; and take out, change, or adjust what we feel isn’t necessarily adding value to our day-to-day. That can even mean looking through our belongings to see what we have, but rarely (or ever) use.

As you take a look around, what can you find that you own that you don’t use or haven’t used in a really long time? What can you do with that belonging that will help simplify that "clutter"?

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