Put the mask on you first.

We all have that habit of being there for everyone else first before we check with ourselves how our tank is. That whole thing about putting the mask on us first went out the window a long time ago, eh?

I’ve been thinking about that and how we got this all wrong. As far as self care goes, we have the tendency to do it if and when we have time. Work, family, friends, social life and whatever else come first and then if we remember or have some time for it we might fit in some self care time. No wonder we burn out and don’t see it, no wonder life weighs on our shoulders sometimes. Of course I’m here generalizing the heck out of this and I’m aware some of us are better at this than others. I guess my point is that instead os fitting self care in, we should schedule our lives around it.

I met a person one day that had their lives around their self care. It was them first and life later. Nothing would be scheduled before or during their set time for themselves and that was beautiful to see. It got me thinking about my whole life, how I do things and how people around me deal with that topic too.

So here is an invitation to myself and you too, to schedule us first, take care of ourselves first, love ourselves first and from a full bucket be present for others and for life. We cannot operate from an empty vessel, can we?

So let’s fill our tank first. It might work better.