40 FREE Self Care Activities

Self-care is the latest buzzword that refers to giving yourself space and time to re-charge your batteries. In a world that is overwhelmed, overworked, and underpaid, self-care is necessary; more so than ever before!

So here are 40 ways that you can care for yourself, right now, at absolutely no cost:

1. Take a deep, cleansing breath in through your nose, and out through your mouth
2. Take a nap
3. Drink a glass of water
4. Journal
5. Download the “insight timer” app to listen to a free, guided meditation
6. Put on your coziest pajamas and socks
7. Straighten up one corner of one room of your house
8. Go for a nature walk, during which you observe the natural landscape around you
9. Call a friend who you haven’t talked to in a while
10. Watch YouTube videos of puppies or kittens
11. Listen to a favorite song
12. Use a nice-smelling soap, shampoo, or lotion
13. Sing at the top of your lungs
14. Give yourself a hug (I know this sounds hokey, but it seriously feels great)
15. Make funny faces in the mirror
16. Do whatever yoga poses you remember off the top of your head
17. Or just stretch
18. Jump up and down on a bed
19. Feel a soft blanket or pillow
20. Cuddle a stuffed animal, or better yet, a loved one
21. Re-read a favorite book from childhood
22. Make a list of all the things you are grateful for
23. Clip and paint your toenails and fingernails
24. Take a hot bath or shower
25. Make a joke and laugh at it
26. Clip pictures you like out of old magazines and make a collage
27. Write a limerick or haiku
28. Sing “My Heart will Go On” or “I Will Always Love You” at the top of your lungs
29. Wear bright colors and lots of jewelry, just because
30. Name your plants
31. Look at photos of yourself or loved ones as babies
32. Make lists of reasons why you love your friends and give them to them
33. Color in a coloring book (or if you don’t have one, print a free coloring page)
34. Play a musical instrument very badly on purpose
35. Work a Sudoku or Crossword in a free local paper
36. Imagine your dream home in 10 years; maybe even draw it
37. Watch a T.V. show that makes you laugh
38. Think about nice things people have said to you in the past
39. Play with play-doh or slime
40. Turn off all the notifications on your phone for an hour

Self-care it up! And if you want to work with a therapist who LOVES self-care, contact me.

-Rebecca