Perfectly-Aged

Caregiver! Love yourself! No, not THAT kind of self love!~ROFL

On this day of love, we ask that you commit the following act of love for yourself – schedule some time away.

Look, we know how hard it is to carve out time for ourselves, a caregiver’s to-do list never ends. But on this day of love, in the middle of February, when it still gets dark early and feels like winter may never end (kinda like our lives feels somedays, huh?) we beg you to take just a moment to put yourself on the front burner and schedule some time away.

And we mean actually committing to it and putting it on the calendar, in writing, maybe even circled in red so everyone notices it. And then following through and actually DOING IT! You honor everyone else’s calendar and appointments, now honor yours.

Front burner status…hmm, what shall you do?!  Go to a movie and sit through the entire show? Book a spa day and sit in total silence while someone pampers you? Sneak away to the library and browse the stacks not worrying about anyone throwing a tantrum because you are taking to long? Aimlessly wander the aisles at Target sipping a latte? Lock yourself in your own bathroom to take a shower alone and uninterrupted? Take a drive alone and pick your own music? Sneak away for coffee or a cocktail with a friend?

The possibilities are endless and it doesn’t have to be a big event- it just has to be uninterrupted time where you can decompress, rest and recharge. We promise you will come back a better caregiver.

We’ll go first.

In honor of love thyself day, we are going to do something we have been talking about for at least a year. We have scheduled a movie night at Melissa’s house on February 16. Her son will be asleep, so we can watch a grownup movie, have a cocktail, and talk about forbidden things. A perfect Girls Night In.

Now it’s your turn. How are you committing to showing yourself some love?