7 best Self-Care Hacks You Never Knew

What you can do immediately

Good Habits

Important reminders

7 Best

Self-Care Hacks

If you are past all of that "drink water - diet - exercise - sleep well" bullshit

Solid ass lfe advice

Reach for 70

The CHeckout lane

The Best Feelings In The World

Alexis Turner

The Best feelings in the world

At least for me

• Making a baby laugh
• Your coffee is perfect

• Winning an argument
• Planning for a vacation
• FIRST SWIM OF THE SUMMER
• RIDICULOUSLY LONG HUGS

• HEARING PEOPLE LAUGH AT YOUR JOKES
• FRESH BED SHEETS AFTER A FRESH SHOWER
• WINNING AN ARGUMENT
• WHEN A PET FOLLOWS YOU TO ANOTHER ROOM
• SHAVING WITH A NEW RAZOR
• GETTING AN UNEXPECTED GIFT
• CHANGING OUT OF STREET CLOTHES INTO SWEATS

Good Habits

A small postivie gesture towards a stranger

The are positive triggers too. I make it a habit to find something (ONE THING) in the check out lane while the person in front of me is taking their sweet time. I used to get so antsy and uneasy, after being in the store for hours, over-whelmed and wanting to leave the store an hour ago. Then someone comes up behind me and now I am trapped. Fuck. I have an overflowing cart so if the person behind me is only carrying a couple of things, I will not take no for an answer and have them go in front of me. I organize everything on the belt, leave the bar codes of the large items facing up and visible. My ID is sitting on top of whatever case of beer I got. MOST IMPORTANTLY!!! IF THEY HAVE A NAME TAG USE IT!! You will see a smile so pure that will make your day, I promise.

The checkout lane

There is a small joy in being tricked into buying things that are strategically put there to trick you into buying it

air fresheners

• I rely on my sense of smell for serotonin. I prefer the vent clip on ones and put them on my defrost vents. The Yankee Candle hanging ones smell amazing.. for about 3 days. I recently heard from a genius to get a small container with a lid and fill with fabric softener. I'm still a sucker for the trees, now that I know how to use them!!! Read the package!

A magazine

• This was one of my hidden addictions. I will have to search for some pictures, but about 650 magazines (Cosmo, Elle, Vogue, Glamour...) and 1000+ word and puzzle books. If you do purchase a magazine, always grab the one in the back since the bored people waiting usually grab the first one and flip through it bending the whole binding. I've seen shitty people rip single pages out and put it back. Like shit I would just take a picture.

SWEETS

• I am not a fan of buying bags of chocolate bars (Snickers, Reese's PB cups) so the king size at the check out lanes are perfect for my sudden cravings

Gift card

• Even if it is only $5, it saves me when I need a last minute gift or when I am short on cash. I prefer to get the 3 packs of $25 for Amazon, Apple store, Google Play, but occasionally get the custom

Chapstick

• I can't find my car chapstick because i needed it when i couldn't find my purse chapstick because I left that one on my night stand

Solid ass life advice

When making a To-Do list, add silly stuff that you usually wouldn't write a reminder for. Get dressed ✔, brush teeth ✔, take out garbage, do dishes, talk floofer for a walk✔...

If you're ever scared you're not a good person, remember that bad people don't care about being betterIf being hard on yourself worked, it would have worked by now

There are some times when saying "thank you" should replace "i'm sorry". (Instead of "I'm sorry I am late" say "thank you for waiting on me")

Don't think about results and how well you think you'll do, as this could raise your feelings of anxiety and fear, just think about "right now" and the first thing you can do

Get in the habit of saying "I won't be available". Anything after that is none of their business. If you find yourself to be the 'smartest' person in the room. You're in the wrong room.

Your purpose in life is not to love yourself but to love being yourself

what you can do immediately

Social anxiety, well anxiety in general, makes me overthink everything and sends me straight into an uncomfortable panic. I use this list for when I need an immediate distraction from those thoughts

• grab a cold glass of water
• file your nails
• change something you are wearing
• speak outloud
• stretch
• open a window
• turn on some jams
• brew a pot of tea/coffee
• organize puctures in your album

the #1 thing that works for me: run your wrists under ice cold water while taking long deep breaths for a full minute

SSSHHHHH....

SSSHHHHH....

reach for 70

100 possible points - just try for 70

• Got out of bed
• brushed your teeth
• showered
• took your medications
• changed your clothes
• drank water
• ate something nutritional

• did a chore
• social interaction
• got good rest
• ran an errand
• cleaned something

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important reminders

breathe. it's just a bad day, not a bad life.life is tough my darling, but so are you. tough times create tough people

happiness is not a mood. Only a decision

there are 88 keys on the piano but do you ever run out of music?

raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder

set goals. stay quiet about them. achieve them. clap for yourself

be gentle with yourself. You're doing the best you can

you are not in charge of anyone else's thoughts, feelings & behaviors

it's not the future that you're afraid of. It's repeating the past that makes you anxious

in the end, everything will be ok. if it's not ok then it's not the end

just because you are lonely, doesn't mean you can invite toxic people back into your life

don't look back, ,you're not going that way

If you are persistent you will get it. if you are consistent you will keep it

for everyhing you have lost, you have gained something else.without the dark you would never see the stars

be who you needed when you were younger

what consumes your mind controls you life

sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same

you can't wait for he storm to be over, you have to learn how to dance in the rain