70 of My Favorite Ways to Take Care of Myself

I've been thinking a lot about the ways I take care of myself: not "self-care" in the trendy "treat yo'self" sense of the term that it seems to have become, but in the true "What do I need in order to be the healthiest version of myself?" kind of way. 

There's nothing I love quite as much as a good list, so I recently started keeping track of them all... & thought I'd share them hear with you.

1. Take a really hot shower... & sit down in it!
2. Do a clay face mask. I like this one from Revive, a Cleveland-based company.
3. Lose myself in a good book
4. Buy a plant. I'm partial to small succulents.
5. Put a cold towel on my face.
6. Put a heating pad on my back.
7. Go for a ride at Harness Cycle (Psst: I've got a code for a free class, if you wanna join me!)
8. Write in my journal
9. Write a blog post
10. Write letters to friends & other loved ones 
11. Write an essay to submit to a website for publication
12. Do an infrared sauna session, like the one I recently tried at j. bellezza. Sooo relaxing.
13. Work on my bullet journal
14. Turn on my favorite old emo music, like Jimmy Eat World, Armor for Sleep, & Brandtson
15. Burrow beneath a lot of cozy blankets
16. Use my favorite weird massage tool, the Body Buddy
17. Take my vitamins & supplements
18. Have a home dance party to pop jams from Taylor Swift, Kelly Clarkson, Katy Perry, etc.
19. Make plans with a friend
20. Pull a affirmation card from my deck of Self-Love Affirmation Cards
21. Cancel plans
22. Turn on a familiar old TV show or movie, like an old episode of Grey's Anatomy or one of the Harry Potter films
23. Kiss my husband
24. Cut up old magazines to put together collages
25. Use the weird massage tool that helps me hit all the spots I can't otherwise reach on my own
26. Do yoga using a Yoga with Adriene video 
27. Wash my hair - because sometimes the dry shampoo weighs down my soul, man
28. Make a cup of Bengal Spice Tea in a mug I like
29. Lie on the floor & put my legs up the wall for a few minutes
30. Get a cupping treatment (Here's a recap of my first time doing it.)
31. Do a social media following purge
32. Clean up & rearrange my desk/office space
33. Go on a little solo adventure, even if it's just over to Lakewood or the Van Aken District
34. Buy myself flowers
35. Wander around the local library
36. Go to bed early
37. Sleep in late
38. Take a nap
39. Cry
40. Eat something healthy (yogurt with fruit, something with Brussels sprouts)
41. Eat something unhealthy (mac & cheese, pizza, a donut)
42. Get myself near open water, like at the river or Edgewater Park
43. Turn on the Newsies soundtrack. The movie one, not the Broadway one! 
44. Organize my bookshelf in color order
45. Start thinking about or planning my next or trip
46. Call my mom
47. Clean something - vacuum, pick up clutter, do the dishes, etc.
48. Catch up on reading my favorite blogs & websites
49. Write lists. Is that weird?! I love Moorea Seal's The 52 Lists Project & 52 Lists for Happiness, along with 99 Things That Bring Me Joy.
50. Take a wander around Target
51. Drink a glass of water - because sometimes when I feel terrible, I'm actually just dehydrated
52. Text a friend
53. Get a cup of coffee from one of my favorite shops or from a new-to-me one, striking up a quick chat with the baristas
54. Take a mental health day from work
55. Tweeze my eyebrows
56. Run an errand, schedule an appointment I've long been putting off, or check something else off my to-do list
57. Scream into a pillow
58. Take some CBD
59. Buy a gift for someone I love
60. Pet my cats and/or convince them to cuddle with me
61. Pet cats and/or convince them to cuddle with me at affoGATO Cat Cafe.
62. Sit in peace & quiet for a couple moments
63. Listen to a comedy album or watch stand-up on Netflix
64. Make a list of things I'm grateful for 
65. Look through Goodreads for books I want to read
66. Take a bath with Epsom salts
67. Take a walk around my neighborhood
68. Go grocery shopping (with a recipe or two in hand to get me enthused)
69. Light a soy candle that smells soothing or otherwise nostalgic to me in some way
70. Say a couple of words to the universe/a God I am not sure I believe in/my loved ones who have passed, asking for strength or just getting things off my chest & looking forward

What are your favorite ways to take care of yourself? Anything I'm missing?