Cultivating Inner Peace & Self Love Despite Busy Schedules.
The chaos in the world requires us to take time off to recharge; sometimes everything seems overwhelming, and sometimes we just want to meditate. Thats why my me-time is my favourite time.
A time to recharge, a time for self-care, because I value my emotional and mental health more than anything, and most importantly, I do not compromise my happiness.
Having a quality me-time helps me to discover who I am, helps me connect with the person I am from within, and boosts my mental health and energy more than I can imagine, which is why, no matter how busy I am, I ensure I create a quality me-time so that I don't break down or lose track of the person I am within.
Everyone wants to be a better version of themselves, and I believe that no one will stick closer to us than ourselves. When everything goes south, some people might tend to leave us, but it is who we've become that becomes our heroes, carrying on and encouraging ourselves, which is why developing ourselves and finding peace and true company within ourselves is a top-tier self-care routine.
Would it sound so funny that I see myself as an imaginary friend? When I am in a fix, I sit down and talk to myself. I often do this in front of a mirror, and after doing this, I feel like I have spoken to a friend. Sometimes, when I think I can't go on, I just give myself a tap on the back and speak courage and positivity into myself. At this point, my beloved diary comes in handy most nights. I ensure I share a thing or two with my diary—something I can never tell a friend except God.
This doesn't cost me a dime, as I always have my notepad at my disposal, or better yet, a pen and journal. This is one of my favourite me-time activities: a time for self-discovery, a time for growth, a moment of vulnerability, bearing all my weaknesses, and finding my strength.
Another me-time that helps me rejuvenate is my beloved time with my AirPods. Music and I are inseparable; this time I listen to soul-lifting music, one that sets my soul on fire, and I never fail to sing along as loud as I can. Even playing an imaginary guitar brings me an unexplainable level of happiness, and I do it in between my activities. As a fashion designer, I could be listening to music while sewing or while walking to my office. I am always listening to music, and that helps me throughout the day to stay happy.
Every morning before heading out, I ensure that after saying my prayer, I take a few minutes to practice mindfulness, a time for introspection and reflection, taking deep breathing exercises, and trying as much as possible to clear my mind of any form of distraction one way I do this is to set my device on airplane mode to avoid calls or messages to distract me from my me-time. This daily practice of my time has helped me to discover who I am, what my goals in life are, and how to achieve them.
I also make time for evening walks to enjoy the beauty of nature, and while at that, I ensure to capture whatever beautiful sight I behold on my phone to preserve the memory. This makes me extremely refreshed. Listening to the chirping birds, the blue skies, and the beautiful flowers around me helps me stay grateful for the best gifts in life, which I incorporate into my schedule every evening except on days I am sick and can't take a walk. But no matter how busy I am, I do not hesitate to stop, breathe, and enjoy a moment to help me stay refreshed.
I also take some nice selfies of my beautiful face because I do love myself, and a little bit of Snapchat and some goofy videos aren't left out as my favourite me-time activities as this helps me to develop self-love and self-confidence and this can happen at any time, I could just stop whatever I am doing to take a nice selfie, a goofy video and watch myself never letting the child in me die and enjoy genuine laughter as much as j can.
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Thank you❤
That's amazing, personal time is really important for mental health.
You are so right, thanks for your time here.
I am a lover of nature just like you i love this part where you say you can never compromise your happiness for anything.
Of course, my happiness means so much to me, thanks for visiting.
Me-time is a time for personal growth, self reflection etc. This is that time to discover yourself, find things that makes you happy and feel good. It is always important to take out time for this routine and we are rejuvenated again.
#dreemport
Yeah, me time is a good time for self-discovery.
Thanks for visiting.
This a very helpful routine. I keep trying to have one but end up in a consumption loop which tires me out more. Worst thing is that in a good mood I am doing all these things, music, books, walking, etc. But when I am in the dumps, and probably have more need of it, I am unable to do any of it. Mind is too gone to focus on any thing except the loop causing me harm. Very ironic.
Cheers from a fellow #dreemerforlife
Hmm, maybe you should make a constant effort to implement these routines when you need them the most, it will help you feel better.
Having quality time with yourself is the best we can do. Recently, Most people think I avoid them and love being alone but it's not so, I am have taking time to reconnect with myself and become a better person, the truth remains that in the end,it's only yourself that you will have, every other person will stand aside when you are in the midst of a turbulence. I don't joke with taking sometime away from people and activities to get myself inorder.
I came across this post on Dreemport
We have only ourselves which is why we need to keep improving ourselves ❤ thanks for stopping by.
The pleasure is mine dear
The benefits of me time is just so much that one should not even think of staying away from it.
Your me time tips are quite good and you caught me on the selfie part because I do it too, lol
I'm glad you enjoyed reading. Thanks for visititing.
Wow this is something, I see we've got a lot in common on this subject matter, while I don't really have a mirror big enough to look into my own eyes and discuss, still I sit myself down and talk things out towards self care and the likes.
Hmm, good to know we have some things in common, thanks for coming around.
Lol! This actually got me smiling you know. Sounds like I am on this table with you 😂 there is no day that passes me by without taking a selfie. It reminds you of who you are and why you should remain you
Hmm, you got it, haha thanks for visiting.
Me time is happy time as one gets to off load everything that seems like a burden and just leave it somewhere for a while before coming back to tackle them.
These are great ways to enjoy your me time👍
Me time is such a beautiful moment to reflect and rejuvenate.
Yes it is sis, Take care 🤗
It's so good you like yourself in some many aspects. I think it's healthy. Although I don't usually talk to the mirror, I do walk around the house talking to myself, often in silence. It's good to be a good friend to yourself 😇
Me time is very important, I'm glad you make out time for that too, thanks for stopping by.