What would you continue doing despite how much money you make. ❤️🌟

Going to the sauna, steam room, siesta & taking my hair/head to the salon, remain my three needs despite my money 💰 circumstances each month. I say so because they are my protectors of my own physical wellness, emotional well-being, self-love, spiritual well-being, self worth and and my self care journey. Your self-worth is determined by you.

For love to blossom outside, love starts with ourselves, inwardly. I choose not to use if, instead, I will use when. When you love yourself wholeheartedly, you never run on empty because you have limits and boundaries. When we continuously neglect what brings us utmost joy all and every day, it is a disservice to our own wellness journey. Being selfish is not wrong when it supports your own personal journey. We only share what we have and/or what has been given to us.You never give or share what you don’t have.

I quote. My late mother always stated that “your late father never missed going golfing despite his money circumstances.”He always made sure his needs were met before other things or other people’s needs.” Hearing my late mother talk about my father self care blueprint, signatures what my father practiced wholeheartedly. That meant I owe it to myself. It is not that I never witnessed this becoming of my late father. Yes, I did. Only to understand it better in my later years, in my adulthood, how vital selfcare is. A clear indication, masterpiece that my father treasured the activities that kept his joy flourishing. Been he was a pillar of strength community leader associated with various projects, the need for selfcare never missed a beat.

Recalling in my younger teenage years, my late father always bought his clothing from particular stores. He valued quality as a person. It was not because he worked white-collar careers, that was his blueprint. I never recalled him saying that he was buying or bought his clothing from gikomba. Gikomba is a location that sells secondhand clothing. His store was in downtown Nairobi, a store called Lords. The store only sold men attire.  His other option was a relative who was a businesswoman that he bought clothing from.

What am I trying to convey is selfcare is a need I treasure and will always create time for despite the world busyness. When our bodies call for it, we are at the burnout stage. Stress and not taking care of ourselves leads to burnout. Don’t wait till you are on a hospital bed, doctors office, or to a point of no return to value your selfcare time. When you are out of time, old time can not be reversed when there are new findings.  Small steps towards any goal are key to success.

What I am expressing is, find the one or two things that are yours, your museums that you never compromise. Once you have located them, you will sustain them despite your circumstances.

Kindly share what you would continue to do despite how much you make.

Chris Burkmenn once said- encouragement is like water to the soul. It makes everything grow”

With much love ❤️

~Mimi Waruguru