Self-Care Is Making Us Lonelier
How to navigate a world where everything is “self-care”
For the past year, I’ve been without a heavy amount of work. During that time, I poured my attention into video creation, a little bit of drawing, and here. Honing my writing skills time and time again through writing scripts and these articles.
It’s nice to finally be reached out by a client and given work once again — my life could certainly use it as I prefer to be somewhat busy.
But at the same time, the world can look at the things I did leading up to that point as a form of self-care.
After losing what few clients I had last year and not much to do, I was at a low point in my career. If I didn’t sign up for social assistance a while ago, I would probably be living with my parents once more. Beyond that, I wasn’t exactly leaving the house and spending a lot of time at a desk.
I’m not entirely “fixed” now that I have some bit of work to do on top of my other commitments. However I wouldn’t put it past people to encourage some form of self-care methods.
Getting into bath bombs.
Maybe drink some more tea.
Have moments where I can “unplug.”
