100+ self care ideas for your me time

A small note

This is a huge list of self care activities designed with all types of people in mind. Some of them may help you, some of them may not. Self care activities should make you feel relieved, relaxed, calm, productive, motivating etc. But on the contrary if an activity is going to make you tensed or injure you, don’t do that.

For instance, If I had a injury in my knee, running may be tough for me. In that case, running can be a self care activity for my friend, but not for me. Keep that in mind and don’t do anything that isn’t calming or motivating you.

Enjoy yourself! Cheers!

1. Volunteer for a cause that you care about
2. Take a long hot shower
3. Go to a cafe and order your favourite drink
4. Sketch, doodle or scribble something
5. Write a fantasy story
6. Watch videos of cute animals
7. Do manicure for yourself
8. Go to a place where you can meet like minded people
9. Go for a hike
10. Sleep for full 8 hours tonight
11. Recreate your favourite day with your friend or partner
12. Yoga
13. Hug someone you love
14. Imagine yourself standing in a calm and beautiful place
15. Take a day off and just do whatever you want
16. Go out and take photographs of what you like
17. Clean your home completely and throw away anything unnecessary
18. Make an appointment to therapist and take down the burden of your thoughts
19. Listen to music that you enjoyed a few years ago
20. Think of the hurdles in your life and try to bring out a positive side of it
21. Make a playlist of motivating songs
22. Say out loud “Its okay.”
23. Sit in a silent place and watch your breath
24. Solve a puzzle
25. Write down things that you are grateful for.
26. Write down or type down whatever is burdening your heart and cry if you want. (Related post: How to let go of the past? )
27. Say “No” to things that can’t fit in your schedule
28. Spend time with your mentor
29. Try writing down 100 things you like about your life
30. Turn off all notifications for one whole day
31. Eat your favourite food in your favourite restaurant
32. Get a massage
33. Host or attend a dance party
34. Visualise your biggest dream and write it down in your journal
35. Eat greens for lunch
36. Do something that will make you laugh out loud
37. Don’t do anything else while eating food. Concentrate on what and how you eat
38. Go out in the sun for a walk
39. Listen to your favourite podcast
40. Exercise
41. Make it a routine to unplug 2 hours before bed
42. Have a regular sleep schedule
43. Spend time with nature
44. Read a personal development book
45. Don’t touch your phone for an hour after waking up
46. Learn EFT tapping
47. Try to reduce your screen time
48. Clean your desktop
49. Sit silent and notice your thoughts
50. Make others smile
51. Go on a date with yourself
52. What is the one thought that always make you feel low? Try to change the cause of that thought.
53. Listen to uplifting music
54. Go to a place you’ve never been
55. Make a cozy spot for yourself.
56. Try colouring pages
57. Write a card to someone you love
58. Make yourself a nice hot drink
59. Do the household chore that has been pending for a long time
60. Talk to your friend or loved one about your hard time
61. Sit on a couch and close your eyes. Notice what all comes in front of your eyes
62. The rule of three. Be aware of three things you should finish today no matter what
63. Post nice comments on social media
64. Meet your close friend and have an hour of quality time with no disturbance
65. Write down one goal for the week and stick it in a place you see very often (Related post: Why you should write down your goals?)
66. Review your schedule and cut out one thing that wouldn’t miss at all
67. Go out on a brunch with someone you love
68. Go to farmer’s market and buy organic food
69. Do some craft with waste
70. Go for a movie
71. Plan for a family dinner and host it
72. Spray your favourite perfume before you shower
73. Review your wardrobe. Throw out unwanted clothes and buy some new clothes if necessary (Yay! Shopping!!)
74. Have a bubble bath
75. Buy yourself flowers
76. Binge on your favourite comfort food
77. Deep condition your hair with a hair mask
78. Watch your favourite episodes on Netflix
79. Catch up with someone you haven’t talked with for a long time
80. Do a DIY facial at home
81. Make your room dark, light a candle and sit in there silently
82. Go to a museum in your city.
83. Make a healthy smoothie
84. Wash your bed sheets, cases, comforters and pillows
85. Play with a pet or visit a pet shelter
86. Spend an hour in a library
87. Read a spiritual book
88. Look at old photos
89. Take screenshots of happy conversations and look at them later
90. Try new makeup looks or try a new hairstyle
91. If you feel low, think what will you say to your friend if he/she feels like this and say that to yourself
92. Make alarms/reminders for things you often forget
93. Read a novel and imagine what would have happened if you were there
94. Write down things that people said to make you happy
95. Dry brush your skin before shower
96. Learn a new dance routine
97. Unfollow pages and people that aren’t useful anymore
98. Read positive stories
99. Read poems
100. Spend a whole day on pajamas
101. Bake a cake
102. Watch the sunrise
103. Watch the sunset
104. Write down all your accomplishments till date
105. Drink more water
106. What do you think about yourself? Why?
107. Try a new dinner recipe
108. Change your wallpaper to a pic that will make you smile
109. Review your bucket list. If you don’t have one create one asap
110. Go on a dinner date with yourself
111. Buy something new for your home
112. Go out of your office to eat lunch.
113. Do something you have never done before
114. Have some healthy snacks
115. Take a quick 10 minute nap
116. Wear your favourite outfit to office
117. Listen to calm music
118. Take deep breaths
119. Take a different route back to home.
120. Cloud watch
121. Go to work early
122. Leave from the office earlier than usual
123. Go for a run
124. Wake up early (Related post: How to wake up early?)
125. Make a diet change at least for a week
126. Simply do nothing for 10 minutes

An idea

You can also combine two or more activities and enjoy.

For instance,

You can leave office early and cloud watch the same evening

(or)

You can apply a mask on your hair, do a facial, prepare a healthy smoothie and rewatch your favourite episode on Netflix altogether.

However you do it, the point is to make yourself happy. Let me know if this list helped you ♡