Anthony Goldner argues self-care means being intentional about what you consume and how you spend downtime. Fill car rides and work breaks with podcasts or audiobooks instead of mindless scrolling. Beyond mental input, invest in physical care: gym, hiking, hobbies, grooming, anything that makes you feel good.
What are you doing for yourself? What are you doing for your health? What are you doing for your fitness, your nutrition? What are you doing for your mindset? What are you putting into your mind on a daily basis? Are you feeding it with rap music? Are you feeding it with country music? Are you feeding it with that, this new country music that I don't even think is country music, it's like pop music. And then the problem is, is are you feeding the exact same song that you listened to last week and that you listened to the week before and the week before that. See, you're just funneling the same exact constant nonsense, nonessential stuff into your life. Start thinking about what you're actually putting into it. Are you reading books? Are you listening to books? We have so much time throughout our day while we're driving, while we're at work and we have downtime, whether or not we're in the gym, whether or not we're walking around a grocery store. There's so many options. There's so many times. Where you could be listening to an Audible and you could be feeding your mind with information that's going to benefit you. That's self-care for yourself. Are you also going to the movies maybe by yourself? Just that time alone for yourself. Are, if you're ladies, are you going to get your nails done? You're getting your manis, your pedis. Are you going to the salon getting your hair done? Are you looking good so you feel good about yourself? Men, are you going to the gym? Are you going to the shooting range? Are you doing You going hiking, fishing, you doing stuff for yourself. And again, that could cross over, depends on what you like, but are you doing what benefits you?
