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We All Need "Me Time" 🧘‍♀️🤗

🛀We all need time for ourselves on a regular basis, as we say "Me Time"

🍕Why? 🤔 To continuously refocus and reduce stress, anxiety, depression, burnout, etc..at regular intervals.

🌟 Spending time with ourselves on a regular basis Is so important, *not* when we can fit it in our schedules, write yourself in as an appointment with yourself. ( A hair appointment, nails, ( guys get manicures without the polish) , massage, which we've all been aching for looking below, a movie, turn your phone off for a full day, there are so many things to do that are self care)

🧘‍♂️Who's more important than you? You cannot be there for yourself, your family, ie, kids, spouse, friends or significant other if you are not helping *you*. Yes take a friend along.

🌷You are Important and worthy of time to enjoy for *you* and *you* alone. YOU CAN INVITE ANOTHER PERSON! ❤️❤️❤️

🌺Please list the top " ME" self care activities that you do for you. If you have none be honest. No one's judging. Maybe you'll find something new to try.

🏵️ What are some of your "self care" activities?

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Read a bookPaint my nails

Color

Flip through a magazine

Go out with a friend

Take a drive and sing

Meditate /stretch/lite yoga

Go to a movie

Walk my dog's

I'm adding Massage

Learning how to Country Line Dance🤠🕺💃👢🎶

I love to watch videos of art and listen to music and watch anime 😄

That sounds great. Peaceful and calm. ❤️❤️❤️

Yep 😄 I now have new favorite songs now. 🤣🤣

Which songs Hiba ?

Troublemaker oops baby I did it again , that girl 😄 savage love clean

"Oops I did it again" by Taylor Swift? I love her 🎵🎶 music. I haven't heard the other ones yet. Love music.

No Luna, the one n only Britney Spears from Mickey Mouse Club 🌈❤️

Ohhhhh.......oooops I did it again! Lol

It’s by Britney Spears

Oops I did it again Hiba! Lol

🤣🤣 why don’t they add the word baby on the tile 😭😭😭

That song came out so long ago and I listen to Taylor Swift more (sorry).

my top 5:

1) massage

2) massage

3) massage

4) massage

5) massage

only problem - hard to do that alone...

well - not only problem - it's an expensive hobby...

wish i could remember my last massage...

maybe if i gave up getting my nails done i could more easily afford...

massage😄 I love it my mom says I am a good massager 🤣🤣 I am also good with massaging feet 😄

your credentials are accepted... i'm ready for my massage!!!

🤣🤣😄

My mom always says I will give you money and guess what I don’t get any money 🤣🤣 what a rip off 🤣🤣

you should report her to the better business bureau ! and tell her you'll sue her for back pay ! :o)

🤣🤣🤣

What on earth kind of advice is dis? 🤣🤣🤣

you don't think thats good advice??!

Hiba won’t get her unlimited lemon merengue pie after all that 😂😂😂

ah well - mustn't mess with the lemon merengue supply chain!!!

Think Pie Rob ☝️😂😂😂

Did someone say pie ??!! Where is it ?!!

Uh ohhhhh 😂😂😂🤫🤫🤫💨💨💨💨

Finish your dinner first Hiba

Lol 😂 I did a long time ago

I dont believe you. No pie🤣🤣

I did 🤣🤣🤣

It’s 12:14 🤣🤣

No pie it's too late🤣🤣

😂😂😂😂

They are making good arguments. Okay Hiba you can have the pie

It’s Hiba, never late for pie and she has a fantastic metabolism unlike you. Don’t hate 😂😂😂

Wheres my pie at lol

Hahahha, ask Hiba is the Queen of Pie here 😂

So who are we going at aha whos getting dealt with Hahah

Here’s your 🥧

Here’s the pie 🥧

Not for me 😂😂😂Lenny the new kid on the block wants it 🤣🤣🤣

Ok fine

What is great mindfulness on about Golden boy 2 ?? Lol ahahaah

Nah I don't swing that way soz honeyyy 😅🤣

😂😂😂😂💨💨💨💨

Whats the local time where u stay lol

Pacific standard time 😂😂😂

Oh lol okay ahaha 9:38?

Bingo 🤗😂

You can be Golden boy 2 😂😂😂

What does that mean 😅

Ask Golden boy 1 he prob know better 😂

Whos that ? I'm so confused lol

Zazanriver is golden boy 1 😂 the group theme is Golden 🤗❤️

Aw lol i was confused. Well im lenny nice to meet you all 😅😅 sorry "Golden boy 2" actually

Golden boy 1 here

m.youtube.com/watch?v=HV7AX...

Love this show and the song

I am gonna go to sleep I have testing 😭😭😭 tomorrow

Whats the local time there ?

it’s 12:31 PM

Damn what state do u live in because I live in Australia so we are so far away 😅

I live in Indianapolis Hamilton county

Oh damn

Did you finish your dinner?

Yes dad

Yes you may have some pie son

Dont eat too fast or you will get stomachache again

Hey you wanna be in our group. We're called the golden girls😎😎😎

Yes join us the Golden Girls group and the one u cal Dad is golden boy 😂😂😂

But he always has to call me dad

There’s no hierarchy in existence golden boy 😂😂😂

Okay golden boy 2

Golden boy junior

Hang in there 😂😂😂

Good night talk to you guys later❤️❤️

Ok 99 and sweet dreams my little 👼 ❤️❤️

Good byeeee 😄❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Good night Hiba. Dont sneak any pies🤣🤣

Will not but maybe in my dreams I will ❤️🤣🤣 good night for real this time

Sweet dreams and best wishes on your exam Sweety!!! 👍🌈🌟🎶❤️🍰

Hey GreatMindfulness can I join please? I'm a lady, I'm not gray, I dress awesome casual , I'm the big D and I'm a young Golden (going to be 58...yikes!). Thank you for being a friend 🎶

It's never too late for a little piece of pie. It makes me happy

and happy makes me relaxed and being relaxed makes me sleep well xx

Love pie ❤️❤️❤️

Hiba, there's pie?? lol

🤣🤣 lemon meringue pie 🤣

You're supposed to be in bed. 🤣😂

😂😂

Noooooo

It's okay to charge for dessert when a friend is having a rough time. I have an idea, you massage your mom at another time.

dessert 🧁 😋

Did I hear massage? 😍😂😂

Yes 🤣 I am good at massaging that’s what my mom and sister say 🤣🤣

What is your rate in home now? 😂😂😂

I don’t know 🤣🤣🤣

Okay so the first time is on the house then 😃

Yesss 🤣🤣

Aweeeee! Book your next flight ✈️ I’m waiting over here 😂😂😂

✈️👍

Free for friends always however she takes you for a yummy dessert

GreatMindfulness

I like how u re thinking Luna a nice dessert to cap it off 😍😂😂😂

Yummy yummy 😋🍰🍩🍪🍧🍨🍦🥧

Wow Luna, that is like a dream comes true 😍😍😍

Yummy dessert and a massage! Hello Heaven! I think my hair salon has those. I hear this little voice going off in my head saying "treat me , treat me then buy yourself cheesecake 🍰"

Wow that’s some nice hair salon u have over there 😍 Here the most is some cocktails n h’orderves. Love cheesecake❤️ can we have em wo the calories? 😭😭

Really????!!!! H'orderves and cocktails🍸🍹??? Not here. Maybe a glass of wine 🍷 and then they have a menu of other stuff like facials and massages etc..which I can't afford a lot of because I have 3 little fur baby mouths to feed. 😂However maybe a gift card will come my way soon. I hope.

Oh ya Luna and always look for Groupon they always have great deal I like 🤗🤗

Around here we try to make Lemon Meringue Pie (and Cheesecake 🍰) and everybody's dessert requests come true. 💭😋🍰👍❤️🍨🍧🍦🥧

13ga @

Wow Luna Daz talented. Here we just Postmate everything and eat 😂😂😂

You did GreatMindfulness Go for it girl! ❤️❤️❤️

Yeah you want one 😜

Ohhhhh I'd love one!!!! It's been a long time. ❤️💆‍♀️💆‍♂️

No it's cool me time you can have one other person with you! 👍

(1 other person w/ me)

that's cool... now all i need is another person!!!

(or 1 that'll do massage)

You can take anyone.

don't want anyone.... want a great masseuse.... i'd settle for an ok masseuse.... heck right now - i'd take a pretend masseuse....

on 2nd thought - right now i'd be happy if i could get my cat to walk up and down my back....

yea i need one BAD.

This is too metaphor, I don’t understand 😂😂

GreatMindfulness I don't even know what I wrote 🤣🤣. I need to delete.

A lot of meanings to it! Deep ☝️ 😂😂😂😂

🤣🤣 It really means book your cruises and get to Bermuda gang🤣🤣

🤣🤣🤣🤣💨💨💨💨💨

⛴️🏖️👙🌊⛱️🏊‍♀️🐬🥽✈️🌏

Adios muchacho 👋👋👋😂😂😂❤️❤️❤️xxx

no metaphor! - i just am very looong overdue for a massage...

We know. We're having a laugh on me because my reply made zero sense til I deleted it and fixed it.

ah - well so what's that say bout my state of mind....

i didn't notice!!! (made sense to me i guess)

So you don't want a friend? I thought you responded that you did. It doesn't matter you can do it alone or with a friend.

no i DO want a friend... really can't massage yourself....

Ahhh 13ga. You've been through a lot. You need to relax. 💆‍♂️🌸

(need to relax)

sooooo many miles to go before i sleep......

You mean because of grieving your stepdad you'll have trouble sleeping for a while or you're on the road driving home? You should stop and sleep.

yea because of grieving.... staying w/ mom tonight...

...

here's reply to post that's gone:

yea - ideally i'd like another person - and one that KNOWS how to massage!!! but i'm so hard up for 1, i'll compromise!

That's so sweet of you to stay with your mama. Aw....she must be having such a rough time, poor mama. 😔

yea - she having really rough time.... you thought my brain not working normally.... she's waaaaay worse....

13ga it's something people can only afford a few times /year or ask for gift cards.

yea - but that's the problem!!! just aint fair!!!! - and i want 2 per week!!!

actually i want 5/ week - but i'd be REALLY happy w/ 2/wk...

wish i could afford 2/month....

Watching a tear jerker movie, alone, letting the tears rip and not having to explain myself. Very satisfying.❤️🏄‍♀️

Awesome. Very nice. You can be YOU with no explanation. Very 😎 cool

You’re cool, Luna!❤️❤️

Yea! I'm cool thank you. 😎. You're cool to say so. You made my night!!! 🌈🍰🌺

I’m chuckling now, next will be laughter!❤️🏄‍♀️

I guess this could be considered “me time”? Sounds good to me!❤️🏄‍♀️

Yes you responded to yourself. 😂🤣. Watching a movie, crying and laughing along with the movie and of course all of us 🤣 Is definitely considered "me time"

Laugh 🤣😂 it up! 😂🤣

Yeah, it took me a minute to realize I replied to myself. Will I learn from that? Maybe...tee hee..❤️🏄‍♀️

Yes you'll learn we all do silly stuff and it's good to laugh at yourself. 🤣🤣🤣

Hi Luna_Child,

I love this post! It is so true that we only think of me time as an "if I can fit it in" thing. We all need to make more time for ourselves.

I used to paint which was really relaxing for me. Unfortunately due to my current living situation this is not possible. I have been looking for a new outlet for myself, thanks to your post I think I may have found one!

Mandala, I looked up what it was because I had never heard of it and voila, I think I have a new addiction it encompasses 2 of my favourite things Math and art! Who knew?!?

Thanks so much.

Be Well.

Ahhhhh..I'm thrilled. Mandala's are pretty! You can find How to videos /instructions on YouTube and Pinterest.

I was so hoping someone would find what they needed here. I added some things to my list like "massage". I also want to learn how to Country Line Dance!!

I'm thrilled for you!! If you need anything let me know!!!!

❤️❤️❤️

Thanks so much Luna_Child,I'm way ahead of you, found a great how to video on you tube! I'll try it out tomorrow

Omg I'm so thrilled for you! If you need anything let me know. Keep me posted on how it's coming!!!!

Enjoy your new hobby🌈🤗🌟👍🎶

I am working on it but I currently don't have any good me time activities as I hate my alone time because I don't like myself. I am alone all the time too which also doesn't help. I used to dance but I can't even do that anymore and not just because of COVID.

I'm sorry that you're having such a hard time endofheartache1290 what can we do for you to help you? I would like to make a suggestion that you look over all these hobbies and I know one woman found a new hobbie tonight because she was unable to do what she liked previous to this posting. Someone mentioned something she liked. Maybe you could look over member's responses and see if you find something. I have to say most of us are alone. I'm with my dogs and myself all day and night. I didn't have a list before I came here. I'm not alone anymore. These members here are super awesome.

What kinds of things do you like to do?

I understand from reading your reply that you don't like yourself. Da*#! oops darn, somebody planted very *wrong thoughts** in your mind and like most of us here have a hard time liking ourselves too. But we are learning to and we lift each other up all the time. Previous to this I posted an activity on "Affirmations & learning how to get into the habit of saying these several times a day to try to push the negativity away. Please look for it and it try.

🌺Let me interject here and tell you very honestly that you are a very kind, sweet, worthy, beautiful inside and out of everything good.🌺

I had done a post on putting together Self Care Boxes a while back (you can look for it for ideas) and/or lists where you could find everything you needed. So maybe you could start thinking about your *likes* and anyone here can help you or you can message me privately and we can chat about your likes and hobbies. Definitely do-able.

We are here for you all the time. Someone's always around during the night too.

It's very super nice to meet you!!!! Please ignore the name at the bottom which I pressed on the wrong name looking for yours to highlight and let's say I'm still getting used to it. One thing here is we have to laugh at ourselves. 🤣🤣

I'm here, we all are anytime. 🌈🤗🌟

LUNA_CHILD🌛

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Wow this was so kind of you. And thank you for the kind words. I have a few things I like but I am having difficulty getting back into things as I also recently go our of a very toxic and abusive relationship and I have a hard time doing things I like because I did them with my ex and they all remind me of her and that causes me a great deal of pain and heartache. I have recently tried to get back into chess so there is that. And I am trying to forgive myself for the horrible things I have done and to see myself as worthy of love. It's just very hard. My whole upbringing was rough and my last relationship literally destroyed me as a person. I can honestly say I have never been taken to the limits I was taken to with my ex. And that is saying something because I have been through some ringers let me tell you. But anyway I appreciate your support and I will look over others answers and see if I can find something.

I'm all about self care. Meditation is a great self care. I do that but it's not really an activity. More like an inactivity 🤣🤣. Then you transfer that meditativeness to every activity you do and everything becomes meditation and self care. Good post👍🙂🙂

Hi there ZazenRiver123 thanks for joining us. Yes Hb2003 must finish her dinner 🍽️🍝 if that's the plan. I enjoy meditating. My Therapist is remarkable and I trust her and she helped me get back into meditation and get rid of the 4 am panic attacks. I agree with your thoughts on meditation. I'm exhausted and going to read a bit because the universe decided that insomnia is a good color for me so I wear it every night. Nothing , Nada, Zero puts me to sleep so I no longer freak out about it. That makes it worse. I don't even feel tired. So I drop off when I drop off. I read, watch TV, cuddle with my 3 Shih Tzu, etc ...have lots of activities. Have a great night

ZazenRiver123! 👍Xx

Mine is:

Walking within nature

Cycling

Listening to music

Read a magazine

Deep breathing

Enjoy coffee

Get a massage

💜💜

Awesome! Thank you for sharingcrazyfitness 🌺

You're welcome 💘💘

i am taking me time i am lying in bed listening to iann diors new song higher its really good while cuddling with my favorite stuffanimal from my mom that she got me before she deid

Music, reading, Netflix, walking swimming when I can. Doing crosswords really helps me, totally must get back to those, thank you, Luna_Child, your post gae me a focus

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