Self-Care

37 Self-Care Ideas for Busy Mums

A list of self-care ideas that don't require a free weekend, a personal chef, or an emotional overhaul. Just pick one.

By Bloom · 5 min read

Five-minute self-care

  1. Make a proper coffee — beans, milk frother, the works
  2. Stretch for 90 seconds before getting out of bed
  3. Step outside and look at the sky for one minute
  4. Apply lotion slowly, with attention
  5. Send a "love you" text to a friend
  6. Do nothing — sit, breathe, no phone
  7. Light a candle while you load the dishwasher

Thirty-minute self-care

  1. Walk around the block without your phone
  2. Read fiction (not Instagram, not the news)
  3. Take a bath with the door locked
  4. Do a face mask while you watch one episode of something silly
  5. Go to bed early and just lie there
  6. Cook one nice meal just for yourself
  7. Journal — even three lines

Half-day self-care

  1. Go to a café alone and stay for two hours
  2. Get a massage
  3. Get a haircut
  4. Browse a bookshop with no goal
  5. Visit a gallery
  6. Take yourself to lunch
  7. Go to the cinema in the daytime

Self-care with friends (the underrated kind)

  1. Brunch — proper, two-hour brunch
  2. Spa day
  3. Pottery class
  4. Wine and paint night
  5. Yoga class then coffee
  6. Hiking with a friend
  7. Sound bath
  8. Cooking class
  9. Book club (real, with snacks)
  10. Cocktail-making class
  11. Day trip to the seaside
  12. Gallery + lunch
  13. Massage day at a spa hotel
  14. Comedy night
  15. Live music — even a small gig
  16. Dancing — properly, on a Saturday

The hardest one: making it regular

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