Salon post: February 9th

[jenett]

Welcome to this week's salon post!

I've been home sick for two days (today I am actually at work, but also dubious I'm going to make it to the end of the day, but I had a couple of things that would be complicated to put off and I no longer feel completely lousy.)

Topic of the week
So, what do you do for self-care that makes a big difference for you? And has that changed over time, or with different situations?


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Comments

[kyrielle]

I'm really bad at self-care lately (because I'm short on time), but: silly phone games, *reading* (which means lots of eBooks on my phone because it reliably goes everywhere with me - I like physical books, but they're not always convenient), photography*, going for walks (as a form of exercise and also a form of calm), tea. I mostly don't have time for soaking baths or going to the Japanese Garden, both of which used to be good for that sort of thing.

* I love it as a hobby, and I'm trying to take and post a photo a day on Instagram. Some are amazingly banal, but I'm trying to force myself to not put it off, and for that it works.

[alexseanchai]

I want to read more. But it's so hard to get enough chunk of free time to vanish into the book—read: apply ADHD hyperfocus—and I haven't really figured out how to read just a little at a time without hyperfocusing, if it's not, like, fanfic or DW!