{"id":4,"date":"2010-04-08T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-08T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jennifercares\/2010\/04\/do-something-you-love-to-do-simple-pleasures.html"},"modified":"2010-04-08T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-08T10:00:00","slug":"do-something-you-love-to-do-simple-pleasures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jennifercares\/2010\/04\/do-something-you-love-to-do-simple-pleasures.html","title":{"rendered":"Do Something You Love To Do (Simple Pleasures)"},"content":{"rendered":"

How long has it been since you’ve done anything for yourself?  <\/p>\n

I’m willing to bet it’s been way too long. I want to help you. <\/p>\n

I know you may not feel you have time to spend on yourself because you have other people and things that you want to take care of.  I know that you may even feel a little bit (or a lot) of guilt<\/em> about devoting any time to yourself.  <\/p>\n

I have been where you are, and I’ve learned that we all have the power within ourselves to stop the destructive cycles and re-start our lives in a healthy, positive way! <\/p>\n

I have learned that when you devote even just a few minutes of time to making these changes, everyone around you benefits, too.  As of this minute, you have permission to take <\/em>care of yourself.<\/strong>  <\/p>\n

Every week, I’ll bring you ideas for how to spend ten little minutes toward creating a better you.  I reasearched and gathered 101 Ten minute Tips for my first book, here then is Take Care Tip #5 from <\/em><\/strong>Take Care Tips, How to Care for Yourself While You’re Taking Care of Others :<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Do Something You Love To Do (Simple Pleasures) <\/strong><\/p>\n

Instead of collapsing on the couch in front of the TV for a work break, take ten minutes to do something that feeds your inner child or your  romantic self:  hold hands with someone you care about and go for a walk-or go play in the back yard with the kids.  It doesn’t have to be a whole afternoon; even a few minutes of doing something that brought you happiness in the past has a good chance of putting you back in touch with that sense of happiness again.  And, it can help create a positive frame of mind, making it easier for you to do things for yourself more often.  <\/p>\n

And when you’re done with that:
<\/em><\/strong>Please do make it an afternoon! Allow yourself even more guilt-free time to go to a movie, a ballgame, or take a craft class.  That may take some planning ahead, but do it for yourself.  It can work wonders.<\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n

j. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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