Pretty much the same as you, but I do yoga instead of qigong. Plus I focus a lot on diet and nutrition and try to make sure I’m getting everything I need, whilst trying to minimise or avoid things that are bad for you, like processed foods, sugary stuff etc. Bought a Garmin smartwatch and smart scales last year to keep a track of my exercise goals, hydration, HRV, and sleep quality, and that’s been real helpful in keeping track of my health.

Also planning to take up some basic martial arts as well; I was looking at kyokushin, but might pick wing chun due to it’s practicality / self-defence aspects.

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Lazy self-care taker here! I could not resolve myself to make much time for self care so i just built in a few things in my daily routine: walk my 10k steps a day to get some alone time & reflect, slow down my life rythm by avoiding to run from one thing to the next and focus on things i like, increase the amount of sport i do (outside in nature as opposed to a gym (or indoors) that looks like a soulless beton cage), eat better and healthier, drink less, i have now a personal assistant in my phone to scribble down anything (memos, tasks, ideas, thoughts…) so as to not clog my head with things ‘i have to remember’, re-focus on beneficial friendships, etc…

Yes, more by choosing to not partake in harmful activities such as drinking smoking and eating trash

I beat up a heavy bag for a few hours a week but I refuse to cut my hair. What if it gets to a magical length that I no longer have to manage it anymore, that is the dream.

Flossing is self care? I group that under “maintenance”. It’s the same level as going to the bathroom, washing your hands, etc. Self care, to me, is taking time that could be “productive” or doing something required and instead going for a walk or reading a book. It’s a positive act that’s not self damaging. Eating too much ice cream is not self care, but a bite might be.

Meditation with help from the “Waking Up” app changed my life. I tried some other apps before and they’re mostly just about stress relief which doesn’t help you grow. This is different.

I try to, but badly. I feel like I’m on the verge of burning out atm.

I take periodic “nothing days” where I cancel everything and just kinda go with the flow of whatever seems appropriate. Sometimes its just video games, sometimes it turns into 3D printing or art stuff, sometimes I get black out drunk and do the dishes (I’m not a very exciting drunk).

I also treat my sleep apnoea, am trying to cut down on drinking (pretty successful, not cold turkey tho)… idk

IMO all forms of taking care of yourself are self care. You have to love yourself before you can offer anything to anybody else.

The effort starts an upward spiral of increasing rewards. You feel better about yourself, people treat you differently, you feel more confident, and the cycle repeats.

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I do, but I’m not good at it. I trim my body hair, I don’t floss because those are really expensive where I am from, but I brush twice in a day and gargle. I’ve recently started taking minoxidil and finasteride, so there’s that too. Luckily, I was born with a great skin, and rarely do I get boils, so I don’t really do anything apart from using soap and water - although I’m concerned about the formation of wrinkles and other scars when I get older. I do not do any sort of meditation, because I’ve not seen any improvement from it. I bath twice in a day, but because my mental health is really terrible, so sometimes I skip my morning bath. For the same reason, I also have a sedentary lifestyle. By the way, there was a /c/selfcare@lemmy.ml community I had created, which I had to delete later because no one took part in it. You can probably request the admins to un-delete the same.

Yes, to some extent I do try to maintain.

I try to sleep 7 or 8 hours every night.

I exercise 5 or 6 days a week. 4 yoga, 1 or 2 lifting.

Have a skincare routine night and morning.

I’m older now and think the main things that have kept me in good shape and looking better than I should are mainly just two (not counting taking care of teeth)

1. Don’t get fat, stay active.

2. Night cream at bedtime, sunscreen in morning.

I enjoy my life.

I refuse to use the BS marketing language of ‘self-care’ which covers everything from brushing my teeth and wiping my butt to a once in a lifetime two month trip to India. Self care is a horrid concept and the only people I know who use it are your typical narcissistic twits who think they are the center of the universe and everything that slightly upsets their egocentric worldviews as ‘toxic’.

yes i am jelking off constantly

One of my favorites is to take my dogs to the dog park, then relax under a tree while they run around and read a book. The hardest part is that as soon as I sit down in the grass, all the dogs run over and want pets and to cuddle in my lap.

Yes, with occasional guided meditations from freemindfulness.org/download (5-15min)

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