Published on 12, July, 2020
Inspired by another thread :-) After spending a very long time thinking that I’m quite good at self care (because I do always eat clean and ensure that I get enough sleep) and assuming that I didn’t need to make any changes to my habits to improve my self care, on reflection I concede that I was wrong. There are many things that I could and should change in order to improve my self care. For example: I drink far too much coffee and not enough water; I don’t really exercise (difficult to fit it in going to the gym with my youngest being only 2 but I figure that I can walk/find exercises that I can do at home); I don’t plan my week out past the basics and I feel that my life would run a lot more smoothly if I micro-managed my life a lot more. So, I am going to read and research self care and make changes to my life that enable me to take care of myself to a better degree. I shall use this thread as a ‘blog of sorts’ to post useful resources that I find; write any tips that I perceive may help others and generally report on my progress. I would like to invite others to join me. To share their own resources/tips on self care; to come on their own ‘improve self care’ journey with me or even just to participate in discussion on this thread.
I found a couple of resources while browsing online, one is related to self care and one just seemed like a good resource, so I thought that I’d share them:
https://musingsofanaspie.com/essential-reading/
https://thesilentwaveblog.wordpress.com/2017/02/25/the-importance-of-self-care-for-people-on-the-aspergers-autism-spectrum-part-1-self-care-and-its-detriments/
This one is a bit random but it appealed to me as I did an aromatherapy massage course years ago and know how to mix oils and I got a new oil burner at the weekend and was planning on getting back into burning aromatherapy oils anyway:
https://www.healthline.com/health/essential-oils-for-autism#benefits
I’ve been burning sandlewood with ginger and sweet clementine in my oil burner lately. I have no clue if it’s helping my Autism symptoms or not but my house smells gorgeous! :-)