35 Self-Care Ideas to Balance Your Life
Choose the ones that resonate with you and ask a friend to hold you accountable
- Drink plenty of water.
- Take your vitamins daily.
- Dry brush your skin first thing in the morning.
- Limit or stop watching mindless TV.
- Write down your goals and place them on your mirror using a magic marker—wipe them off with alcohol when completed.
- Go to bed one hour earlier.
- Practice deep breathing to reduce stress.
- Write or say out loud five things you are grateful for before getting out of bed.
- When you notice old negative thoughts, replace them with positive ones.
- Treat yourself to a massage.
- Take a long, relaxing bath.
- Journal daily about how you feel.
- Get a manicure or pedicure.
- Download an affirmation app on your phone.
- Sign up for daily positive affirmations in your email.
- Listen to uplifting music.
- Exercise 4–5 times a week for at least 30 minutes.
- Call a friend just to check in.
- Take three deep breaths before entering your home at the end of the day.
- Meditate for 30 minutes after work before engaging with family.
- Do household chores during commercial breaks.
- Display pictures of family and friends around your home.
- Learn something new.
- Plan a trip—it’s always nice to have something to look forward to.
- Create a vision board of the things you want in your life.
- Prepare easy, healthy meals.
- Join a yoga, qigong or exercise group.
- Schedule regular walks with a friend.
- Meditate for 10–15 minutes a day.
- Say something kind to at least one person each day.
- Surround yourself with positive people.
- Find an accountability partner to help you achieve your goals.
- Declutter a room that needs tidying up.
- Look in the mirror and say, “I love you” five times, three times a day.
- Forgive yourself and others—healing begins with self-love.
