The Complete Guide to Managing Self-Care Series

Balance. It is something we all strive for, something we need in our lives. Sometimes it seems like an unattainable feat, with our lives these days most of us can barely make time for what is important to us. It’s common to have too much work, or too much free time is not good.

What we need in our lives is a balance between personal, professional, spiritual, emotional, psychological, financial, and physical. Too much of these will represent a bad balance for the individual. So how do you find balance? I'm no expert, but I know from the experience of trying to better myself that we need a good balance to live a happy, fulfilled life. I don't know about any of you, but I would like to live a happy and fulfilled life.

So, what I propose is to go through the self-care wheel each week and work on certain areas, one a day, like Physical one day Emotional the next, and so on. I will work through all this with you and write about my experience. If you want to join me, then come along, and let's get started.

Today, I will start with the psychological aspect of the Self-Care Wheel by focusing on self-reflection in our lives, that's how we learn about ourselves and others. So how can we start self-reflecting? I am a big advocate for Pinterest so you will hear a lot about it in my posts. I found a post on Pinterest that had a list of questions for self-reflection, so we can start there.

What do I need to get off my chest today? Holding onto things can keep us from growing and moving on to bigger and better things, so it's important that we take time to reflect on things often.

I'm scared I won't find another job and will remain stuck at home forever. Recently, I left my part-time job for a better opportunity which so far has turned out to be a dud so far. It wasn't the best job, nor did I particularly like it, but at least I had one that was making me money. I've been a stay-at-home Mom for years. Now, I love working and getting out of the house and I miss it, and I'm afraid I won't ever find another one.

Another thing I need to get off my chest is that I feel like I'm letting my kids down by being such a bad Mom. Every Mom has those moments where she thinks she's a bad Mom. I am no exception. I want the best for my boys and every day I feel like I fail them.

So, today's lesson is to do some self-reflecting and ask what do I need to get off my chest today? Be brutally honest so you don't cheat yourself. You got to do the work to get results. I know you can do it. What do you need to get off your chest? Are you brave enough to post yours in the comments?