2021 has been a crazy year for me, It was difficult sometimes, I felt burned and stressed out in between college and my work but also experienced good moments too, met friends after a long time, picked up good projects for my work, developed some good habits, prioritized self-love, and self-care.
There are so many fun and effortless self-care activities you can do when you are burned out or just need a change in routine, which is why I am sharing 5 effortless self-care activities that you can add to your routine, slow down a little bit and enjoy your time!
5 Effortless Self Care Activities
#1. Start a journal
I have mentioned before in my posts that I was never a diary writer, I just couldn’t. It took me a long time to get into the journaling habit. I don’t fill up the whole page but write out a few sentences to clear up my mind. Take out five minutes for self-reflection by recording your thoughts in a journal. This practice will help you relax and increase your awareness. You can always use prompts if you face writer’s block.
You might also like: Journal prompts for self-discovery
#2. Playing games
I used to play a lot of games in my childhood but eventually stopped it when grew up, but when covid happened, I started playing online games again to spend my time or to have fun whenever I take some rest from work. I have discovered a lot of good games and Culinaryschools.org is one of them! It is a good selection of educational cooking games for adults and kids for free. Playing online games is a cool pastime activity to de-stress.
One of my favorite games is Coffee shop, In this, you get to open a coffee stand where you see how much money you can help the Cafe earn in a month. Here you get to buy ingredients, adjust the recipe like milk, sugar, and coffee amount, and set the price, doesn’t this sound cool? If you are a parent or teacher and want to teach the kids some basic cooking skills, you should definitely try out these culinary school games.
#3. Play your favorite music
It’s truly said, music has healing powers. Just hit the play button of your favorite song that uplifts your mood and positively energizes you. Or better make a self-care playlist of all your favorite songs, groove with music for 5 minutes & release all worries!
#4. Make a gratitude list
Take some time to make a list of all the good things you have and be grateful for it. If you constantly feel negativity then this will might help you as practicing gratitude promotes and happiness and you appreciate more for what you have!
Just start with 5 minutes and write down a couple of things that come to your mind for which you are grateful.
#5. Treat yourself
You don’t need an occasion to treat yourself, bake a cake, buy yourself flowers, watch a movie, take yourself on a walk, go on a self date, Treat yourself to the fancy coffee drink, meet friends, call your loved ones who make you happy, do something that makes you happy, something enjoyable because you deserve this!
Also read: 14 Ways To Practice Self Love And Be Good To Yourself
What activities do you do as a part of self-care? Share them in the comments below!