Self-care ideas that don't turn into one more job

1. 1. Drink a glass of water.
2. 2. Roll your shoulders back five times.
3. 3. Look out of a window at something far away.
4. 4. Take a slow breath in and a long breath out.
5. 5. Unclench your jaw.
6. 6. Stand up and stretch your arms over your head.
7. 7. Open a window.
8. 8. Put on hand cream.
9. 9. Send someone a heart.
10. 10. Put your phone face down.
11. 11. Say no to one thing.
12. 12. Wash your face with cold water.

13. 13. Make a hot drink and drink it sitting down.
14. 14. Step outside and stand there.
15. 15. Play one song you love, loud.
16. 16. Write a few lines about how you are.
17. 17. Clear one small surface.
18. 18. Eat a piece of fruit slowly.
19. 19. Stretch your neck and wrists.
20. 20. Text a friend something that made you think of them.
21. 21. Change into softer clothes.
22. 22. Delete ten photos you don't need.
23. 23. Water a plant.
24. 24. Sit in the sun, if there is any.

25. 25. Go round the block.
26. 26. Have a shower with no rush.
27. 27. Tidy the bag you carry every day.
28. 28. Call someone who makes you laugh.
29. 29. Read a chapter of something that isn't for your job.
30. 30. Change your sheets.
31. 31. Lie on the floor with your feet up on a chair.
32. 32. Unsubscribe from five emails.
33. 33. Do a three-minute stretch, then sit still for the rest.
34. 34. Draw something badly.
35. 35. Make a snack you'd actually like.
36. 36. Sort out tomorrow's clothes.

37. 37. Walk somewhere with no errand attached.
38. 38. Cook one thing you like the taste of.
39. 39. Take a nap with an alarm set.
40. 40. Sort one drawer.
41. 41. Have a bath.
42. 42. Sit in a cafe with a book and no laptop.
43. 43. Write a letter you may never send.
44. 44. Do something with your hands: knit, fix, plant, bake.
45. 45. Look through old photos.
46. 46. Paint your nails or trim them.
47. 47. Listen to a whole album with nothing else going on.
48. 48. Meet a friend for a quick coffee.

49. 49. Go for a swim.
50. 50. Visit a park you've never been to.
51. 51. Go to a class you've been curious about.
52. 52. Have lunch with someone you've been meaning to see.
53. 53. Turn your phone off and read.
54. 54. Cook something slow with music on.
55. 55. Go to the library and wander.
56. 56. Get a haircut.
57. 57. Book the check-up you've been putting off.
58. 58. Go through your week and cancel one thing.
59. 59. Take yourself to a film.
60. 60. Do nothing at all, on purpose.

Choose how long you've got and pick one thing. A ticked box counts as done, and so does an empty one if today's not the day. There's nothing to keep up.

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