15 Self Care Ideas That Don’t Involve a Bubble Bath or a Face Mask but Definitely Do Include TV for the Kids

Close your eyes, take your first two fingers and massage your temples
Book an online food shop and throw in a tub of Ben n Jerrys
Put on a slick of lipstick
Stick the kids in front of the TV
Stay in PJs the whole day
Phone an old school friend
Write a letter to an elderly relative
Brush your hair, like really brush your hair
Pull on a dress you put away for ‘best’. Add tights if you, like me, still struggle with hairy legs
Stand up, clasp your arms behind your back and pull downnn
Put the Dawsons’ Creek theme tune on real loud
Write a page of a journal. In fact, forget the word ‘journal’, just write something, anything down
Turn your phone off for the whole day
Moisturise your feet
And finally…. get yourself into bed tonight at 9pm.

BOOM

What have I missed?

Emma xxx