Self Care Is About Taking Care of the Things and People You Care About

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Self care is doing what you need to do to feel whole and that includes maintaining your personal relationships, taking care of who matters to you. Sometimes it's stuffed at may not be fun in the moment, but it's absolutely necessary to you, yes? And there's good research on this that sure, sometimes taking care of our kids,. taking care of people that we care about that are sick, those things feel stressful in the moment; they're exactly the kind ofthings in our lives that give us meaning and purpose and a sense of belonging.

Are you exhausted? We are. Between the long hours working from home during a pandemic, the mental load of worrying about the outcome of the election, and the lack of sleep that all of this has brought on, it’s no wonder that we’re tired and stressed.

Emotional exhaustion, as workplace well-being expert Mandy O’Neil explains, is one sign of burnout. She shares antidotes and ways to protect ourselves from experiencing it in the first place. Not having enough time for the people and things you care about can cause burnout. Happiness researcher Ashley Whillans gives us advice on how to find and protect that time.

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