Every Saturday I do a live video in a group that my friend runs on Facebook called slaying away. I touch on all the different types of self care and give suggestions. In some ways it's nerve wracking, and yet informative about the topic of self-care.

I'm sure that your hearing self-care all over the place, mentioned on YouTube makeup tutorials or even by Makeup artists and enthusiasts. There is also a misunderstanding about what self-care is and isn't. Many therapist agree that it's very important part of healing and a healthy way of building up healthy coping mechanisms for anxiety/depression/as well as a host of mental and behavioral health diagnosis. 

Let's get into what self-care is shall we? Self care in essence is the mindful taking time to pay attention to YOU, not in a narcissistic way, but in a way that ensures that you are being cared for by you. Self-care is way to avoid burnout, helps with managing stress and living your best life. 

Let's look into what is covered in self-care. There are several areas of what encompasses self-care. Not every area is going to work or need to be focused on by you. The first thing that one needs to remember about self care is that there is no cookie cutter style or suggestions that will work for you or myself. So let's jump into the several areas.

Emotional: Mental and emotional self-care practices (we will get into that later) that maintain your mental strength and emotional health. Learning to be more accepting, kind, and forgiving of yourself can reduce stress and anxiety.

Physical:   Physical self-care involves activities that improve your physical health, including diet and exercise. Moving your body is important, whether it is through structured sport or exercise, or through entertainment like dancing or going on a hike. Feed your body healthy foods with high nutritional value on a daily basis, and get plenty of sleep. Go to the doctor when you are sick, and get rest when you need it. 

Spiritual: Spiritual self-care involves practices that exercise your mind and soul. Some activities that may contribute to your spiritual self-care include: prayer, meditation, attending services with like-minded others, self-exploration and clarifying your values and priorities, reading literature and initiating meaningful discussions with others, finding a way to contribute to the well-being of others.

Social: Activities that nurtures and deepens the relationships with people in your life. This where both people benefit, and the relationship is healthy. It helps you to understand that you’re not alone. Plus, it can also give us a sense of being fully “seen” by others. This can, in particular, help us combat loneliness and isolation.

Environmental: The environmental aspect of self-care means acknowledging what aspects of the environment are meaningful to you. Take care of your personal space- Having a comfortable and organized environment can make us feel less stressed and happier. It helps in reducing anxiety and making us feel more in control of our environment and life.

Professional/ occupational: Occupations are not restricted to your career after college; they can include all of the activities you partake in right now. Involves sharing your strengths and gifts, having clear professional boundaries, whilst living your purpose.

Intellectual/Psychological: Involves learning new things, applying consequential thinking, practicing mindfulness.This is one of the most neglected areas of self-care that most people are lacking engagement in. 

If you google self-care techniques, go on Pinterest as well you maybe overwhelmed by the massive amount of tips, tricks and suggestions. These are ideas, you don't have to do them all. Remember no two people are alike and not all these suggestions and tips will work for you. Try a few see if they work if not then you know what it's ok. Your trying and this is all that matters. I would suggest creating a self-care journal to track which methods worked and which didn't so you can create your own self-care plan. 

I do hope that is blog post was helpful and informative in the importance of self-care to help you become the best you for you. 

In my new journal I have things set up for me. I have my future log and calendex (all the months of the year) set up to track any and all holidays, birthdays, appointments, important dates. The next thing I have for me is books I've read. This way I can keep track of what I read and I will write the title of the book on the image of books on a book case. I have a weight loss tracker that I plan on starting next year to keep track of the weight I want to lose and make it to where I can visually see it, not just feel it. Then there are my goals for 2019. I have mine broken up as Financial, Health, Personal, Relations (such relationships), and Self-Care. I have a small reminder of MIT goals (Most Important Task) and SMART Goals (Specific, Measurable, Actionable, Relevant, Time Bound)....a way to remind myself to set obtainable goals even Rome wasn't built in a day!

I have a section and this is where the Happy Planner couldn't quite help me out. As you see in the middle picture I have things broken down in Zones. I'll post a link to Flylady so if your interested you can read up on that and tweak it to fit you and your needs. I used my Zebra Midliners to color coordinate what I need to do and when. I was all over the place with Happy Planner and my zones didn't quite work for me the way I needed them to.

I also do a monthly layout that lets me know what goal I am working towards to for the month, important dates, tasks that need to be done such as i.e Christmas cards addressed then when to mail them out by to get to everyone before the post office stops running for the Christmas holiday.

I then do weekly layouts to keep track of what is going on for the whole week. It lets me know what zones to clean in, what things need to get move to another day of the week, appointments, reminders and etc. I have mine set for me and I do theme's. Next month I'm doing nightmare before Christmas because honestly I don't overly care for massive amounts of snowmen, Santa clauses and more.  I'm a bit of a minimalist but I do decorate my tree with lots of ornaments and stuff like that but not outside or windows.

So I will be posting mad links on how to start a bullet journal, places to get free guides if you are needing templates and more. Just remember don't get discouraged about all the thousands of creative bullet journals you see. They too had to start some where and that is what works for them. Do what works for you!

Bullet Journal The Original OG
The lazy genius collective on bullet journal
Bullet Journal 101

Ok Now for the guides/templates

Petite Planner has found 30 free bullet journal printables
Mommyoverwork has Tons of stuff.
Free Bullet Journal Printables from Life is Messy
Life by Whitney < I use this one ALOT! She has free downloads with measurements/notes/ and her version....so worth the look and download!
Married to the Earth lots of goodies here!

Ok now on to the flylady. I think I have mentioned her site before but here we go again if I did!

Flylady Getting Started

So let me know what you all think...and thanks for stopping by!

So lately I've made coffee creamer and buttermilk pancake & waffle mix for my home and still looking at make in more. The biggest question I have been asked and thought of is it worth it? I know that I shop at salvage grocery stores to cut cost (biggest being meat and some dairy) but having everything and or needing to buy it compared to the pre-made stuff that I can just buy and make....is it worth it?

According to greatlist.com they broke down the cost of store bought items such as oatmeal packets ( 6 packets in a box) to home and here is a break down...

 $0.48 each for homemade | $0.72 for Kashi brand 
$0.37 per 1/2 cup homemade | $1.50 for Bear Naked brand 
$0.13 per pancake homemade | $0.33 for Aunt Jemima brand 
$0.25 for homemade | $0.28 per packet Quaker Oats brand 
More on this can be found here

I am finding this one common thing between all the homemade vs store bought is that what I make at home I get more, way more than store bought. That's not to say all things homemade are cheaper than store bought if you know where to shop.

The following links will show you what these people have found out and maybe it can help with deciding whether or not homemade is better than store bought. In a lot of the cases there will be links to recipes to make your own. I know for me and mine buying cereal its usually gonna be store bought but in other cases like the oatmeal packets it's cheaper to make at home.

I'm just sharing my adventure in saving money and letting the information be out there.

https://livesimply.me/2015/03/20/homemade-vs-store-bought-5-important-questions-you-must-ask/

http://www.sheknows.com/food-and-recipes/articles/1099375/pantry-staples-to-buy-or-make

https://www.weedemandreap.com/homemade-vs-storebought-food/

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/food/2009/04/scratch_that.html

http://thesurvivalmom.com/homemade-vs-store-bought-make-your-own/

https://www.cleaneatingwithkids.com/real-food-buy-vs-make/

http://tenatthetable.com/frugal-living/homemade-vs-storebought-food/

This year lets give our thanks to the men and women of the armed forces. They are fighting everyday to defend us and this great country we call AMERICA. 

We must also remember to thank our veterans and the families that are left behind by the service members to do a job that doesn't pay much and can include paying with there lives.

We give thanks to you our brave men and women for the sacrifices you make by performing a selfless act.

We give thanks to our families cos Lord knows they put up with enough of shenanigans till we have children of our own. And Yes mom was RIGHT children are the paybacks for all the horrible things we did to them growing up...I still love my kids!

I give thanks to everyone who stops by to my corner of the blogosphere world. Thanks so much for stopping by and reading my little household blog. 

So it's been so crazy in the house of late that all my blogs have been effected. I am so sorry. Between surgeries, strep ( 2 cases) and sick baby I feel like my picture I posted.

I do hope to add more content to my blogs and please forgive me for being absent of late and not having any new content of late.

Since school is starting I will hopefully have some good resources for all our school kiddies and I am excited since it's my son's first time going to school. I will also contact a very good friend of mine that does homeschooling and see what see recommends as good sites for all you home schooling mommas out there.

Please let me know what you all are looking for and I will try my savy best to see what I can find to help you all out. Thanks for understanding that life happens and sometimes it's in my control and Lord knows most the time it's in his.

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   Clean up after you and yes all your army puke. I was never issued a clothing list so no I DON'T KNOW where it is let along what it is. Pick it up and maybe you will know!
2. 
   
   Do you know how hard it is to clean up baby puke? Let alone chocolate milk out of the carpet?
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   Do the dishes, clean the house, make dinner, take care of kids, your army puke, pay bills, clean the cat box, food shopping and more...all this with one vehicle, or two if we are lucky!
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   Sick day...WTH is that? I don't get sick days let alone my required 1 hour break from being called mom every 5 min, wait make that every 5 seconds.
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   I thrive on coffee and the stimulating conversation of a 4 year old telling me all about the lovely world of Thomas the tank engine.
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   Holiday vacation and you know what that means? It means cooking dinner for a mass crowd of hungry people and then cleaning up the mess.
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   Have kids and constantly at their demand, some days it's great and other days well lets say isn't school for that?
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   Realizing that kids are the greatest treasure in the world when they just want you, a good book, and snuggle time on the couch for hours on end...you can't totally complain!

Household 6: Army term for the mastermind behind the entire house and sometimes the soldier.


Daddy...aka Spc.: This is man of the house, but I do tend to wear the pants most the time...lol


BuddyBooBoo: This is my DS. He's obsessed with Thomas the Tank engine. We are going to get to potty training him soon, and no he's not in diapers...but pull ups.


Snuggle Bug & Sweet Pea: This is our DD. She's Trisomy 18 and almost 14 months old as per this post. She's why the schedule is kinda screwy but wouldn't have it any other way!


Diamond: The AKC basset hound who thinks she's human...haven't figured out she don't have apposable thumbs yet...hahha silly dog!


I will have a link to my food blog that is at another site....I love my food blog. It has pictures of everything I have cooked so far.


I will be posting tips and links with helpful advice such as household notebook...a must have to help me run my house in the chaos of the military life!