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Self-Care

Self-Care

Components of Self and Self-Care

Self-care refers to practices and activities that one engages in to enhance their health and well-being. This enables us to understand various aspects of healthy living and mental fitness. These aspects of life and living are then integrated into the dimensions of health, self-care, positive life and living, and positive appropriate lifestyle. This is manifested in our Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) and interpreted in the Quantity and Quality of Life and Living over the Years (QUALITY).

  • Eat a healthy nutritious diet
  • Be well hydrated
  • Get adequate sleep
  • Constant exercises
  • Proper personal hygiene and grooming
  • Take only prescribed medicine as directed by a qualified doctor
  • Avoid smoking, alcohol, drugs and substance abuse, gambling and other addictions
  • Practice mindfulness
  • Have a hobby and interests
  • Take time for yourself and those whom you love including self-talk.
  • Talk about your feelings with a trusted person.
  • Control your emotions by taking short breaks to calm your mind
  • Seek help when in need

Adopt 10 Practical Skills as follows:

  • Assertiveness
  • Anger management
  • Stress management
  • Effective decision making
  • Critical thinking
  • Problem-solving
  • Observing boundaries
  • Effective time management
  • Emotional regulation
  • Self-reflection, self-upliftment and resilience
  • Be kind, loving, caring, compassionate and empathetic
  • Interact positively and appropriately with other people, that is, self, family, colleagues, neighbours, and others (community and society)
  • Spend time with self, family, friends, and in community activities
  • Effective use of social media and other networks
  • Adopt virtuous moral principles, values and norms
  • Give back to the community
  • Obtain correct information and education
  • Adopt lifelong learning
  • Learn new skills including Knowledge Management (KM)
  • Link with nature
  • Declutter your life, house, home and work environment
  • Maintain a clean and safe living and working environment
  • Pray and meditate
  • Build your faith (spiritual endowment)
  • Read religious verses
  • Listen to appropriate spiritual sermons and teachings
  • Distinguish between needs and wants (Prioritization)
  • Identify your sources of income (Financial Resources)
  • Recognise and classify your expenses (Money and Finances)
  • Plan on your finances (Financial Management
  • Adhere to your financial responsibilities and on time (Financial Obligations)
  • Spend and save money wisely (Financial Security)
  • Invest in financial literacy (Budget and Budgeting)
  • Acquire and adopt professional qualifications and accreditation
  • Have clear professional boundaries
  • Acquire emotional intelligence as an added advantage

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