Finding time for oneself is not always easy, we constantly have this feeling of being overwhelmed or the fear of appearing selfish.
However, allowing yourself this time is an essential passage with many virtues. Key to your well-being and happiness, it is up to you to give yourself this precious moment.
But why is it so important to give yourself this time?
Finding a moment for yourself allows you to free your mind from all the problems of everyday life to find calm and serenity. This return to your inner self helps you to better manage your emotions and to have a better relationship with those around you. Creativity and concentration will also be reinforced, thus releasing solutions to your problems. In the long term, it helps to eliminate stress, improve sleep, give back energy but also strengthen self-esteem by realizing its own value.
And concretely how do we disconnect?
Separate your body and your mind: stop doing several things at once and think constantly. Because it is not always easy to let go and let go, we give you our advice to promote this disconnection.
Identify why and how to disconnect
Understanding your needs and how to meet them is the first step to optimizing your time for yourself. But to take action, you must first become aware of the importance of this time for yourself. Ask yourself about its virtues or, on the contrary, the risk of neglecting it. After this reflection, you can go further by looking for your needs. Do you want to regain your energy? Spend more time with your loved ones? Learn to love yourself? Be more peaceful? Finally, understand your desires in order to find a way to meet them: what do you want to do with this time? In order to offer you a wide choice of possibilities, choose activities with a different duration and location.
Plan regular time with yourself
Make this time for yourself a priority by scheduling it in your calendar. By writing it down, it will encourage you to respect this commitment. You will anticipate your tasks to give yourself this time and you will prevent forgetting. To feel the full benefit, this appointment must be regular. This may seem like a difficult habit to get into, but over time it will become less effortful. Early in the morning, at noon or in the evening after a day's work, any time is good to take care of yourself. Because your needs can change at any time, it is essential to listen to your inner voice. You may want to take a break, go to bed earlier, drink a hot chocolate or go on vacation. Don't ignore that voice, listen to yourself!
Organize yourself to take this time
Finding the time to be together also requires learning to manage your schedule. Don't hesitate to separate professional and personal tasks and prioritize them. You will realize that some of them can be deleted, postponed or delegated to a trusted person in order to leave room for your moment. Organizing your schedule also means learning not to let yourself be overloaded and knowing how to say "no" without feeling guilty. By trying to put others first, you risk forgetting yourself. So evaluate the importance of the request before responding favorably and don't feel guilty about freeing up time for yourself.
Ultimately, it's vital for your body and mind to give yourself that time. And even if this time seems hard to find, it is essential to do activities that help you feel good or simply reconnect. Find your inner peace, improve your efficiency at work, your relationships and strengthen your self-esteem! Because it can be complicated to know how to take care of yourself, we have created the "Spa At Home" line that accompanies you in a moment of disconnection:
