What is your best tip for self-care?

Aoife

Hi everyone,

We're running a new campaign at The Mix all about relationships with friends, family, partners, and self and we'd love to have you involved!

We're creating a short video, collating together different people's best tips for self-care.

Help us create an amazing video that can reach 1000s of other young people!

We're looking to hear what your best tip for self-care is. Drop it in the comments below and we'll use this to create the video for The Mix's social media channels.

If you'd like to take part anonymously, you can complete this form.

Laura_tigger82

Hi @Aife

Thanks for your post. You might find @Brooke's thread 'look after you!' particularly useful for this. You can find it at https://community.themix.org.uk/discussion/3600311/look-after-you#latest. I hope this helps

Former Member

To take time to do the stuff you like and enjoy, like watching TV, reading, doing some crafts

Laura_tigger82

Hey @Dandelion

Thanks for sharing your self-care tips with us! I think making time for it is super important. It is certainly the first step in the right direction. Do you enjoy anything particular on TV, to read, or types of craft?

Azziman

Actually make time for it! Most of us know what kinds of things to do for self-care, but sometimes we're not so good at actually creating some space in our busy lives to do them. So if you've got a lot on, make sure to create some time that you dedicate to it x

Laura_tigger82

Hey @Azziman

Well done and thank you for sharing your tip. I sense a common theme between your post and @Dandelion's which is to make time for self-care. Making time for it is really important and certainly the first step in the right direction. What do you enjoy doing as self-care as it is different for everyone?

Aoife

Thank you so much for all of your tips everyone, this is going to make a great video!

There's still time to take part, we'd love as many self-care tips as possible. If you'd like to take part anonymously, you can complete this form.

Laura_tigger82

Thanks @Aife for your response. I am looking forward to hearing all the self-care tips. Does anyone else have any self-care tips? I will look forward to watching the video

Former Member

@Laura_tigger82 One major self-care tip is don't feel the pressure to make a self-care routine. Self-care can be something minor like 5 minutes of complete mindfulness. I think when we overcomplicate self-care and compare ourselves to (rich) people, it isn't really caring for ourselves anymore.

Laura_tigger82

Hey @maryam852

Thanks for sharing your tip with us too. I agree. It is a very good point indeed. Different things help us at different times so it is really important to be flexible with what self-care looks like and when we need it

Former Member

My top self care tip will always be the quote I use below 👇

Laura_tigger82

Super important @Lucy307. Thanks for sharing your top self-care tip. How very valued indeed. I think it is always easier to be kind to a friend than ourselves

Aoife

Hi everyone,

Lots of you took part in our self-care video and I wanted to share the final video that was posted on our social media pages. The video looks amazing thanks to your great self-care tips! You shouldn't need an account to watch the video, hopefully these links will work for you

Instagram -

https://instagram.com/p/CZwZ4i4M0AG/embed/

Twitter -

https://twitter.com/TheMixUK/status/1491388081668304899

Facebook - https://fb.watch/b3si_G826S/