Self-Care: A Necessity Not A Luxury

Why is self-care ideas one of the most popular searched phrases on Pinterest?
Because we can feel that we are running ourselves ragged.
We know deep down that we snap at our kids because we are treating ourselves more like a machine rather than a human being.
Self-care can look like so many things:
🚶🏻‍♀️A walk.
🛀 A bath.
☎️ Calling a girlfriend.
And it can look like not doing something.
Not allowing another activity to be added to the calendar. 
Healthy boundaries with a needy loved one. 
Simply saying, "NO". 
The expectations are being placed on us, are not realistic. 
Do more, be more efficient, work HARDER! 
To me... it sounds like we are being held to the standard of a machine. 
And I for one don't want to be robotic, in any sense of the word. I want to be rested so when they say, "Mom look!" 
I turn with a smile not a sign of annoyance because they interrupted me. (Well 93 percent of the time, sometimes James can be over the top 😂). 
I hope this helps someone remember why self care is a necessity, and not a luxury.