A month of treating myself to something nice
20th July, 2023
I want to do something nice for myself everyday for a month. As a result, I'll be updating this post every day with nice things I do for myself. I'm sharing this because I don't want to leave in between feeling discouraged. I'm hoping for warm community support.
End date: 20th Aug, 2023
Thank you in advance!
20th July
Today I created this thread to encourage me with self-care.
28th July
Today I had a mixture of productive and unproductive moment. I wasn't productive earlier but then again I reminded myself that it wasn't worth. And then I started focus on my stuffs.
It feels so much better to motivate oneself and actually listen to it and get the job done 😊
29th July
I had a long walk to museum today. I was doing a slight dance on the way, then I made a rotation while dancing and saw few people walking behind us 😐 and then again, on the museum, I was trying classical poses of statue and one of the aunt pointed to me and asked me to be careful so that I won't break any glasses (she said it sweetly) and I laughed and then turned back and walked lol...
21st July
Today was a self-care day. I went for full face threading session and then followed it with a relaxing face pack. I'm feeling more beautiful and confident than earlier...
22nd July
Today was my friend's birthday. So I went to meet her and had a nice time together in park.
I also got mehndi (hennah) as a part of festive month "Shrawan" here in Nepal. Putting mehndi during the month Shrawan is a cultural thing but I felt like doing as it keeps kinda cute vibe...
23rd July
Today, I went out to hang out with two of my friends. We visited a waterfall and had a wonderful times, even daring to dance under water with lots of people around. Aditionally, we had a waterfall photoshoot.
I also challenged myself to strike up conversations with people around us lol... and It went well :P
24th July
Today was totally unproductive day and I was still tired due to dullness... So i took a nap for an hour around evening.
25th July
I had some alone time today. I love isolation and being present with myself at the moment is the best thing.
26th July
Today I had a movie date with myself... I like horror movies so i watched "The shining". It was recommended by one of the mate from cups :P
27th July
I went out with my cousin today. We hanged out and had a photoshoot in the spot. It was a beautiful day today 😊
@pandanfe Sometimes a nap is all you need. Doing nothing doesnt mean you didnt achieve anythings, it means you let yourself rest!
can u help me also @pandanfe
@hamzahasphobias
Self-love is individual thing and the journey might differ according to one's experience. One of the thing towards self-loving is wanting to do something for yourself and you cleared your first step by reaching out to the forum regarding.
I wish you very best in your journey towards self-love. And trust me when I say, "it brings more pleasure, self-esteem, self-confidence and many more." I hope this journey provide you with everything a self-love can give.
Also, don't forget to reach out to me if you're stuck or want any sorta guidence. I'll be happy to be with you in your journey.
@pandanfe
Aw hope the date for "finishing" caring about yourself and doing something nice for yourself never comes! 💛
Way to go, awesome hooman, hope you can do lots of nice things for yourself! 💛
Aww @pandanfe, that's a wonderful way to ensure self-care. I hope every single day, you learn to embrace and love yourself even more.
@trueconfidant123 Thank you for your support and indeed "Self-care is a way to get your power back"
@pandanfe You are welcome! Take good care. 💙
@pandanfe
this is so sweet :') i'm so glad you're taking some time to love yourself and take care of yourself <3
@LoveMyMoonflowers
Thank you flowers. I felt like i needed it so that i can give some quality time to myself. I'm getting more confident cause of it i guess.
@pandanfe
this is truly inspiring and nice!
glad to see someone stepping up into caring for themselves, and being so brave about it, I wish you the best on your path!
Lots of love your way.
❤️💐
@RoshanaShabanii
Thank you so much for your kind words Roshana. Someone (and me myself) advised me to take care of myself, so I took the words literally. I'm prioritizing self-love which is essential part of self-care (tho i'm not sure if self-love is subset of self-care of self-care is subset of self-love).
@pandanfe
I'm happy for you darling, we live in a busy world that somehow stops us from taking care of ourselves, we end up comparing ourselves and reaching burnout levels.
to be aware like you and be there for yourself, is unique and very valuable, be proud of this decision!
ps: self-love is part of self-care!
@RoshanaShabanii
Thank kyou so much for your kind words and appretiation. It means a lot and is really encouraging to keep going on with self-love.
And also double thank you for clarying about self-love being a part of self-care
Will you mind sharing your insights on what could be done as a part of self loving?
@pandanfe
I'm more than happy to be part of your path, darling.
Well, I would consider self-compassion one of the most important parts of it, in addition to setting healthy boundaries, because these two are somehow the foundations for the other aspects!
@pandanfe hwaiting!! this seems like a great idea!! try drawing as well!! its calming hihi
@GuiOakes
That's good idea to be honest and I myself love sketching... I thought of sketching myself and gifting it to myself at first but then I'm a slow artist. I need few weeks to complete a single sketch cause I don't work on it regularly. But I'll give a try to drawing. And hopefully I can someday gift myself a sketch of myself :P
@pandanfe samee! i do sketch and paint as a hobby, though I cant paint for more than a week lol! Id love to see your sketches!
@GuiOakes
Here's one of my sketch, I don't sketch that often but yea... I sketched this for a friend and sent it to "them" as my appretiation for guiding me. I took a pic of sketch and whatsapped them. After more a month, I realized that i've not done guy's eyebrow o-o and I've not done still... Not sure if i'm ever gonna do it.
I would also love to see your sketch and paintings
@pandanfe thats so cool! I love the perspective! omg you are good! lemme see mine, https://ibb.co/R3LVfkr this one was recent. How longg have you been drawing??
@GuiOakes
I appretiate your kind words Gui. I'm not really sure how long have I been drawing... I wasn't good at drawing at school but if i did sketching at home, it used to be nice. I only sketch once every few months or even a year sometimes.
OMG you're such a good artist... I really liked your art. I would appretiate if you'll share your go to technique or hack related to sketching. Mine is probably don't do all the work at once if you got some time as it gives us time to refresh ourselves.