Bullet Journal Addict - 25+ Bullet Journal Self Care Ideas

Self care is extremely important to make sure that your physical and mental wellbeing are kept in good shape. Of course it can be pretty easy to forget to take care of yourself. Today I’m going to show you how to use bullet journal self care ideas to improve your well being.

Bullet journal self care spreads will help you to remember and take care of yourself. Taking care of yourself means you can be better equipped to help others. Furthermore, self care helps you to make sure you are in a healthy mental state too.

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What is Self Care?

Self care is taking time in your day to focus on yourself. It’s taking time to care for your mental health, your physical needs, and your overall well being. Self care is about identifying when you need to care for yourself because it will help you to better care for others.

There are 5 or more different aspects of self care and we are going to focus on what I consider the main five areas.

Mental Self Care

Just like with our bodies it is important to exercise your brain every single day. This could be reading a book, doing crossword puzzles, or writing. These things help your brain to stay active and not allowing it to lose its strength.

Creative Self Care

An often overlooked form of self care is getting creative. This can be through art, drawing, writing, music, or dance. Creativity is not something we are born with it’s something we use and practice in order to gain more. Spending time being creative is a fantastic way to release stress.

Physical Self Care

Physical self care is more than just exercise. It is staying hydrated, eating healthy, a good night’s sleep and pampering yourself. When your physical is well fueled and well taken care of you can more easily release tension in your body. A healthier body also leads to less achy joints and backs.

Emotional Self Care

Emotional self care is taking stock of your emotional well being. Take time to release your anger or sadness so you can feel more joy. If you do not regularly deal with your emotions you could cause more harm in your life when you eventually explode. It’s important to stay aware of your emotions.

Mindfulness Self Care

Mindfulness self care is taking time to meditate, record things you are grateful for, and being aware of your present state. Living in the present and practicing mindfulness will help you in several areas of your life including dealing better with stressful situations.

Why do it?

There is nothing about self care that is selfish. Would you be able to carry fuel to others if your own car was empty of fuel? No. It’s important to make sure that your fuel your body and mind every single day so that you are better equipped to help others.

Practicing self care can help you be a more patient, kind, and helpful person. It can help you to control certain mental health issues. Self care helps to ease feelings of anxiety and depression. Practicing self care often can help you to feel better as a whole. Your body and mind start lining up with each other to live a more whole life.

Bullet Journal Self Care Ideas

There are loads of ways to track bullet journal self care sometimes it’s hard to come up with self care activities. Below is a list of ideas for things you can use in a collection of self care ideas or actions you can track in your bullet journal self care trackers.

Mental Self Care Ideas

Read
Write
Play Sudoku
Do a crossword
Study a new subject
Learn a new language

Creative Self Care Ideas

Paint
Write
Draw
Crochet
Knit
Quilt
Take Photographs

Physical Self Care Ideas

Yoga
Pilates
Running
Walking
Gym Tracking
Water Intake
Healthy Eating
Spa Day

Emotional Self Care Ideas

Journaling
Me Time

Mindfulness Self Care Ideas

Meditation
Journaling
Recording Memories
Repeating Mantras

Using Self Care Trackers

Bullet journal self care tracking is not the same as habit tracking. The goal isn’t necessarily to do all of your self care tasks everyday. The goal is to do one small one every day and take a day every now and then to focus on replenishing yourself.

When you are using a self care tracker you simply pick a few ideas you want to do for yourself and then mark them off on the dates that you do them. By doing a little something for self care every single day it will keep feeling good about things.

Also switch up what area of self care you are focusing on so that you are fueling each area of your life. This will keep you in peak physical and mental states helping your body and mind feel better overall.

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What do you do for self care? Let me know in the comments below Do you have bullet journal spreads you would like shared? Email them to Crystal@BulletJournalAddict.com and they may be featured on an Instagram post and/or to the blog. Please leave your IG Username so I can tag you in the posts. Follow me on Pinterest for more like this and pin this to your Bullet Journal boards.

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