One of the hardest things to do as a busy working mother is to pamper yourself. Taking time out of your day away from the kids and away from your job to look after you? It seems out of the question. In fact, it can seem downright impossible some days! You have to find ways to make time for yourself when you are a working mother.
Heck, even stay-at-home mothers who don’t have a full-time job around the children still have to find time for themselves! The demands of business and motherhood honestly take over, but at the end of the day taking care of yourself is so much more important sometimes. It’s not selfish to go to that dermatologist appointment you can put him off. It’s definitely not selfish to get a facial! In fact, the most selfish thing that you could give yourself is to dedicate yourself to your work or other people and neglect yourself. Let’s take a look at how best to pamper yourself.
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Pause to drink
If you love a hot cup of coffee or a cold glass of water, pause and down everything that you are doing to sit straight. Take five or 10 minutes from your day slowly and carefully sit, taste, and enjoy the drink that you have in your hands. Even if all you take is five minutes, you need to make sure that you are doing that for yourself. It sounds super simple, but you would be so surprised at how many people just ignore themselves.
Embrace your skincare routine
A wonderful way to pamper yourself is to make sure that you are moisturized and buffed as much as possible. Book yourself a massage and ask somebody out there to look after your skin for you with an amazing formula. Even if all you’re doing is putting on an at-home peel-off facemask, it’s still something.
Paint your nails
The best thing about painting your nails is that you have no choice but to stop and do it. You can’t paint your nails and type at the same time, which means you have no choice but to put yourself first. You can choose bright or you can choose dull colors, but either way, you get to look after your hands.
Eat something that you didn’t cook
When was the last time you had a full meal just for yourself? Take yourself – yes just you – out to a restaurant and enjoy a hot meal of your favorite food. Bring a book if you can’t sit there by yourself, but make sure that you’re eating something that you didn’t cook for everybody else. There was a good reason that the mummy bear had the cold food in Goldilocks and the Three Bears, you know.
Go for a walk. Most people wouldn’t consider movement as pampering, but a walk by yourself with a good podcast or some music in your ears can feel invigorating if you’ve been stuck behind a desk all day. Turning it on your own gives you a little bit of freedom, too.
