I take Fridays off (yes, ah-mazing), and yet.... here I am trying to stuff that day with all the things I didn't get done on the other days.
That's not a day off! That's a day with my "other gigs" : the to-do list, meeting demands and expectations (my own and others').
Let's talk about self-care through the lens of asking a very important question:
"What do I need?"
****Not "What do I need to do?"****
Parents, this is EVERYTHING when we are looking at our family's health: not teaching our kids about task-completion to show their worth, value and the capitalism/productivity craze that has infiltrated our homes. And... look at part 2 https://youtu.be/K2mmTip-DUo for how this impacts health: we are already running a marathon every.freaking.day. How do you rest and recover?