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Have you tried installing a self care weekly routine into your life? Doing this is an excellent way to keep yourself happy and healthy (both mentally and physically).
If you don’t know what a “self care weekly routine” is, it is a routine you do daily (or sometimes) whenever you invest time to self-care. Such as, putting on facemask every Sunday of the week, eating healthy 3 times a week, etc.
Reading this could inspire you to create your own wellbeing routine too. The bonus part is that it can be a great way to improve your mood, help your body system and be more organised.
It’s fine if you miss a day or two when your schedule is full. Sometimes, we can’t always be flawless and do everything all at once.
Are you ready to invest in yourself by installing a self care weekly routine?
So grab your mug of coffee or tea and let’s get right into it!
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I’ll be categorising my self care weekly routine in 4 main categories: Daily, Somedays, Sunday & Mon/Tues.
Daily
I do (nearly) every day.
Some days
Only days when I’m not fully packed or just days when I really need to do it. You know, I really tried with trying to do these tasks every day but not everyone is perfect. Nor am I. That’s why I try as best as possible to add these to my daily routine.
Sunday
Sundays are my relaxing days. I use this day to just chill and take good care of myself.
Mondays & Tuesdays
These days are free until I start university. So I take advantages of Mon & Tues for physical health.
Daily
- After every skin cleansing, I use Sukin – Hydrating Mist Toner to refresh and heal my face, making it more glowy and less “tone awkward”.
- Update Sep 2020: Ok since I’m obsessed with skincare, I have a bunch more. Here’s some that I use today:
- I take my health supplements daily since I stay in the house all week and never go out. I have troubles “swallowing” (no puns intended) tablets so instead, I intake gummies (it’s much easier!).
What multivitamins do I use?
- Home exercise. Normally, I don’t go to GYMs because I got no money to buy a membership when I’m already spending other monthly payments on my blog.
I use to walk home often from public school because I lived 20 mins away but after dropping out to do online school, I’m stuck at home all day.
Thank god there are free home exercise apps and videos that exist and can be done anywhere. I use a free exercising app called 30 Day Fitness Challenge (IOS/Android). I add in my BMI (body mass index) so that I can keep track of my weight and height. It gives me options for exercises that suit my need. For example, if you want to focus on legs or abs, then you do the legs or abs course. - Drink Plenty of Water. There are many benefits of drinking water daily such as dehydration, skin complexion, reducing headaches and much more.
It is highly recommended that you drink water daily. I always have two water bottles with me: one on my desk and one of my bedside table.
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Somedays
Journaling
I did admit at the start of the year that I would make it my goal to journal every night. Sadly, lack of motivation for me to write in my journal every night seems like a hazard and I started to write less and less.
But, that doesn’t mean I stop writing! I’m like halfway completed with my journal and I would write only on days where I would have any thoughts or events that happened that day.
Update Sep 2020: I’m accomplishing my goals for my past self by writing in my cheap journal daily in 2020! (It’s a success).
Meditating
At the start of this year, I ended up meditating until my relatives came to stay with us for a few weeks (of course, if you live in an Asian family, you’re gonna have to suffer loud conversations till 1 am!). After they left, I ended up meditating for a few days and stopped again just because I’m just too lazy.
But, if you’re the type of person who stresses out or has a bad temper, meditation is a recommend.
Throughout the days that I stopped meditating, I ended up being cranky, overwhelmed, annoyed and pretty much frustrated. I’m trying to get back into the “meditating spirit” by starting off slowly (5-10 mins a night) and then climbing up the ladder when I get used to it. If I skipped a day of meditating, then I would have to restart back to 5 minutes the next time I meditate.
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Sunday (Relaxing Day)
- I use a facemask. The facemask I use is called Swisse – Manuka Honey Detoxifying Facial Mask. I only use this every Sundays because usually, with facemasks, you gotta leave it on your face until it becomes hardened.
During my weekdays, I don’t have the time to be patient to leave my facemask to “clay up” so I use my Sundays for that since it’s a break day. - Shopping. I must admit, even as a broke student, going out, spending or chilling with my family or friends helps me relieve stress. Sometimes, I don’t even spend anything! But other times, when I do shop online (due to the pandemic), I use the Honey extension so I can get a good deal of discounts without having to search up for a coupon code that doesn’t work.
Yet I still feel like I had a good and productive day going out. On Sundays, everyone is at home so we tend to go out and just buy groceries or go on a shopping spree for the products we need.
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Monday or Tuesdays
Taking a walk in the neighbourhood
Even though Mondays seem like a drag to you, I do like Mondays because it’s the start of a new productive week (and you know how much I looooove productivity).
Only during sunny days, I like to get into my workout gear and go out for a walk around the neighbourhood. If Monday isn’t sunny, then I’ll go for a walk on Tuesday.
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Conclusion
I’m glad to tell you about my self care weekly routine. I hope you too can be motivated by starting a wellbeing routine for yourself and taking care of your body and mind.
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very nice sharing from you, after reading your post here, I am wishing to gain better health too. Thanks for the wellbeing tips. cheers, siennylovesdrawing
I’m very glad that you’re finding my wellbeing tips helpful! Always happy to write out posts that help others in their health and mindfulness.
I would love to do what you do. Taking care of myself is the last thing I do theae days.
Hey! I’m just giving my ways on what I do to take care of myself. You can always do these things too, just tell yourself that you’re important and that you are the first priority.
I love face masks! This is my favorite skincare and works with me.
Yass face masks all the way! Even if I get home after a tiring day, I’m always up for putting on a face mask and just relaxing.
MY routine is wake up, drink water, exercise, breakfast,job, tiffin, have some quality time with friends and family, dinner, drink water, sleep.
Simple yet effective! I like your routine. I think quality time with friends and family is important as well as drinking water!
Self care is so important, I love these tips…it’s not easy to make time for ourselves but it’s so important to manage stress.
*Visiting from the Saturday sharefest link up.
Hello from the SITS Girls sharefest! I’m surprised that out of all the other awesome posts, you got to visit mine! And I thank you for that! Stress is going to come and go but whenever it comes often, then it’s a serious message from your body telling you to start taking care of your mental and physical health. Even if time is scheduled, try to find a free 5 mins or so to self care. Helps all the way!
I am so pleased to see more posts about taking time for ourselves rather than ‘hustle’ and ‘boss’ ones. It’s so important to get some balance xx
Yesss! I love blog posts and videos that I can relate to or showing the real side of not being perfect. I’m planning to post more “real side” posts in the near future.
I am currently working on a better self care as I am a mama and save myself for last. These were all great ideas and reminders.
It must be hard to try to take care of yourself when you take care of your little one. I’m not a mother but they really inspire me by how much they do!
I am so careless when it comes to self care. These are great tips!
Self care doesn’t have to be perfect! Do it the way that makes you comfy and happy. The important thing is to help you, not overwhelm you.
Looks like a very good collection of routine.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for reading! I hope this motivates you to install a wellbeing routine into your life.
I love this idea of a wellbeing routine. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Thank you! A Wellbeing Routine can help with so many factors in life.
Thanks for motivating and sharing great advice. So much to learn from you and your post.
Thanks for reading! I’m happy to motivate others.
I love how you broke this down into daily, somedays, Sunday, etc. Sometimes we think it’s all or nothing when really anything is better than nothing.
I prefer to do these self-care routines as often or during my free time. There are days where I am really busy so I won’t be able to apply these routines. Thanks for the advice! 🙂
Going for a walk on Monday seems scary to me to be honest, but it can surely help in feeling energetic for the whole week
I would like to know why going on a walk on Monday seems scary? (If you don’t mind, just curious!).
These are great tips on how to motivate oneself. Thanks for the read!
Hope these inspire you for your daily routine!
This is such good advice. I think looking after yourself is so important, and we should all strive to improve.
Looking after and upgrading ourselves should be number 1 priority!
Some ways a routine can help include: Better stress levels lead to improved mental health, more time to relax and less anxiety. … Your sleep schedule and bedtime habits affect your mental sharpness, performance, emotional well-being and energy level.
These are great ideas! If I do have the time, I will definitely update this post with these tips. Thank you! 😀
Perfect! These are such practical tips. Thanks for inspiring!
Thanks for reading! Hope these help inspire your self-care routine.
Just another post to affirm our need for rest and pampering ourselves! The face mask is amazing every Sunday!
I love to make more of these posts from experience! Facemask is the best for resting on Sundays. 😀
Love this! I definitely could become better about my self care routine.
All in all, try it out! See how it goes.
Yes routine is important to fit in everything you want to do and achieve in daily life.
Exactly! It’s a great way to keep yourself happy and achieve your goals.
I LOVE me a good face mask!! I do it ever other day or a little longer – plus I HATE for my face to feel dirty so I’m always like Nooooo it must be clean! haha Great post and great ideas!!
I too love to use face masks! Now my skin is clearer and smoother. 😀