avatarLucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她)

Summary

The website outlines a weekly self-care routine designed to promote personal growth and encourage community participation through daily check-ins and activities.

Abstract

The author of the web content has established a structured weekly self-care routine aimed at fostering consistent self-improvement and community engagement. Each day of the week is dedicated to a specific self-care focus, starting with a reflection on weekly goals on Monday, progressing through various self-care activities and reflections, and culminating in creativity challenges over the weekend. The routine emphasizes the importance of self-awareness, emotional well-being, and celebrating personal successes, while also leveraging public accountability to motivate individuals to stick to their self-care practices.

Opinions

  • The author views Mondays as an opportunity to reframe the typical negative sentiment associated with the start of the workweek into a positive outlook for the week ahead.
  • There is a belief that scheduling activities across all four quadrants of self-care—emotional, physical, social, and intellectual—is crucial for maintaining balance.
  • The author suggests that even brief periods of meditation, journaling, and physical activity can be beneficial during mid-week check-ins.
  • Emphasis is placed on the importance of acknowledging one's emotions and responding with self-care practices.
  • The author encourages the celebration of weekly successes, no matter how small, and proposes a proactive approach to overcoming barriers by quickly generating potential solutions.
  • Creativity is highlighted as an enjoyable and accessible form of self-care, with the author advocating for drawing and writing challenges as fun activities for novices and experts alike.
  • The routine is designed with the idea that self-expression through art and writing should be free from strict rules and focused on personal joy.
  • The author expresses excitement about the potential impact of the routine and values the support and motivation that comes from sharing the journey with others.

A weekly self-care/ check-in routine

I’ve been doing sporadic check-ins on Twitter and I’m looking to make it more of a routine. My goal with the routine is to consistently revisit pieces of self-care that I believe are helpful, and to empower others to join along too. Here’s my devised schedule:

Mondays — start of the week

Reflection: What are you most excited to dive into this week?

Mondays are often hard for me so I want to shift that “ugh it’s Monday” feeling into a “fresh new week to dive into my goals!” feeling.

Tuesday — staying on the self-care track

Challenge: schedule one activity in each of the four quadrants of self-care

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Wednesday — Hump day check-in

Take one and pass it on:

  • 1 minute meditation
  • journalling for 3 pages
  • reaching out to a friend
  • get active for 20 minutes

Thursday — emotions

Reflection: How are you feeling in your body today and in response, what are you going to do to take care of yourself?

Friday — end of week!

  1. What were some successes from this week (no matter how small!) and how are you going to celebrate them?
  2. What were some barriers? Set a 1 minute timer and jot down as many solutions to problem solve around them!

Weekend — creativity challenges!

Drawing and writing are fun even if you’re a novice (or actually, I feel that it’s especially fun as a novice)

  • Saturdays: a weekly drawing challenge thread
  • Sundays: a weekly writing challenge thread

I truly believe that everyone can write and draw, and yes, there might be a lot of rules in the literature and art world, but when you create for yourself, for fun, I strongly believe in breaking all of those rules to create whatever sparks joy for you, specifically.

I’m really excited to see how this schedule will pan out. I’m truthfully mostly doing this mostly for myself, but harnessing the power of public accountability and the fun of doing this together rather than alone to make this happen.

Here’s the first thread for today!

Don’t be shy and come join me :)

Other things I’ve written!

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