If you are your own boss working from home it is very important that you look after yourself and don’t get burned out. Like most coaches and bloggers do we attend to continue on working and forget about ourselves. We are important too, we must take care of ourself.

One of the most difficult challenges a lot of people face with self-care, is finding the time to fit it in. When you are busy being your own boss, it can seem almost impossible to find extra time to look after you.

So, how can you balance practicing self-care when you are busy being your own boss? Below are some helpful tips I like to share with you…

These tips has helped me to look after myself better before I was always working none stop. I was tired all the time and feeling burned out. I honestly didn’t think about myself. I knew I couldn’t live like this anymore I wanted to enjoy my work, enjoy my life and mostly look after myself. So these tips were helpful and I hope you take note and start creating a NEW HABIT to look after yourself. Remember, you are your own BOSS after all.

Schedule it in

A good tip you can follow to ensure you can fit self-care into your busy routine, is to schedule it in. Think about it, you schedule in everything else, so why not self-care? When you set a time to focus on yourself, you are much more likely to stick to it. No matter how busy you think you are, there will always be time for self-care somewhere in your schedule.

So start creating a NEW habit scheduling your self-care book yourself in for a special treat such as a massage, facial or getting your hair done anything that makes you feel good it has to be something that you can spoil yourself with. Do this every month make this your new habit.

Establish a morning routine

If you are struggling to find the best time of day to practice self-care, you might find it easier in the morning. If you’re a busy parent, you might disagree here but think about it. In the morning, you could get up an hour earlier if you want to and make this YOUR TIME only this is the perfect opportunity to practice self-care.

Alternatively, if you are a parent you could focus on self-care in the evenings when the kids have gone to bed. It doesn’t take long to practice self-care so you should always be able to squeeze it in somewhere. There is always time so book yourself in for a nice relaxing bath.

Look at automating daily tasks

There are all kinds of tools and gadgets that can automate various aspects of our lives. If you are constantly busy, you’ll find automating certain tasks can be a game changer. 

For example, you could switch from going to the grocery store, to ordering groceries online. If you have items you frequently purchase, these can be added to your favourites list, making it easier to add them to your order next time. Doing your grocery shopping online can free up a lot of free time during the week that can be used on self-care. Or you can hire someone you can trust to do your shopping for you.

Start small

You don’t have to start by completely overhauling your lifestyle. Instead, you can start small with self-care. Begin by taking just 10 minutes out of each day to focus on a self-care activity. Focus on developing one positive self-care habit at a time. Once you have mastered that, you can move on to the next task. 

By starting small, it makes it easier to fit self-care into your busy life. Many people mistakenly think they need to begin with at least 30 minutes a day. The truth is, however much time you can free up for self-care is enough. Once you get started, you’ll find it easier to start focusing more on self-care due to the benefits you experience.

Overall, balancing practicing self-care with a busy lifestyle isn’t easy. However, the tips above can really help. You’ll find a lot of tips online too from busy people just like you.

Self-care is essential to your health and wellbeing. So, no matter how busy you are, you should always try and make time for self-care daily.

Start NOW, not later, NOW is the time to be taking more care of you. When I made the changes I have never felt better.

Remember, I believe in you xx

PS: If you are struggling to make time or lacking confidence in this area reach out to me. I have a Two ONE hour FREE coaching. You can see more details below.