Robert J. Strock argues self-care doesn't require extra time. You can practice it during routine moments like watching TV or walking by shifting your awareness. Ignoring this integrated approach leaves personal needs unmet and sets the stage for an unfulfilled life.
One of the biggest illusions is that asking the question, how do I best take care of myself, takes a lot of time. You can watch TV while you're doing it. You can walk while you're doing it. When you're waking up, you can do it. When you go to sleep, you can do it. It doesn't take extra time out of your life. It takes clearly a different depth of awareness that makes you realize, almost laugh, oh my God, I believed that other motivational source, but this is the real one because it's not asking me to be like somebody else. It's asking me to be my best self. It's asking me, what's my view? And ignoring that is a setup for living a life that you are unfulfilled because you haven't fulfilled how you best take care of yourself. There is no time where that statement won't help.
