The Importance of Self-Care and Mental Health in Today’s World

What is self-care?

Self-care is the process of establishing your own personality by altering your physical and mental health in a positive way. It defines your character of yourself that how you manage yourself, care about yourself, what you do after waking up, your skincare routine, how you manage to keep yourself fit or in shape, what you do to reduce stress, your sleeping habits like at what time you sleep, what you eat before the sleep, how much times you take naps, your body metabolism, immune system, issues that going with your body, and anything you do in your sleep-wake cycle.

What is the importance of self-care?

Self-care and prioritizing yourself are very important in today’s busy world. People nowadays are very busy in their lives due to heavy studies, jobs, office work, household work, etc., and due to this, they have forgotten to manage their well-being schedules. Today, competition is very high in every field due to which many people go into depression, have anxiety issues, cardiovascular diseases, etc., some of them commit suicide and suffer from mental stress, and to overcome these problems your body and mind should be well maintained that’s why self-care is important.

Things to do for self-care and to improve mental health in today’s world:

1. Wake-up routine: Start putting on an alarm clock and make your routine with waking up at 6-7 am, then drinking plenty of water so that body toxicity flushes out. Water helps in getting better metabolism, a better immune system, and well-body functions, keeps you hydrated all the time, leads to fewer diseases, skin without acne and dark circles, water makes your skin glowing. So, stay hydrated.

2. Prioritize yourself in this busy world, think about yourself first and then about others but only about those who want your good to happen not of those who only criticize you in every step of your life.
3. Workout: Do a physical workout in the gym like burpees, squats, jumping, running, etc., outdoor exercises include jumping ropes, jogging, brisk walking, volleyball, football, table tennis, badminton, swimming, and many other exercises you can do to shape your body or to lose weight if you are overweight. Also do mental health exercises like yoga, meditation, join the laughter sessions, etc. to overcome mental stress, depression, anxiety, Alzheimer’s disease that affects the thinking ability, etc. So give yourself some time for doing the workout to stay fit for all purposes.

4. Food habits: Change your food eating habits from unhealthy to healthy or organic which keeps you healthy from the inside. Avoid convenience and processed foods. Have food that has high nutritional value with a balanced diet of carbohydrates, fats, proteins, fibers, vitamins, some essential acids, ions, and minerals. Eat vegetables by boiling them or you can have them raw which has very high nutritional value. Eat fruits of different nutritional value like watermelon. Kiwi, banana, java Jamun or blackberry, strawberry, litchi, and mango, have seasonal fruits instead of frozen ones. Eating fresh or healthy makes your body in shape, boosts immune power, calms your mind, increases decision-making power, decreases the risk of mental stress, and many other diseases, etc. Have air fryers in your home to make a dish healthy in which you do not have to deep fry the food.

5. Stay away from negativity: Stay away from all the negativity, toxic people who want only negativity in your life, and forget and ignore all the comments said by your society or close ones. Only focus on your dreams that you want to achieve. Make it happen so that your family will be proud. In recent times, you can earn at any platform like youtube, Instagram, Facebook, or other social platforms. So, don’t worry about the earning source, just focus on yourself and be a master in that field.

6. Sleep: Sleep well because good sleep of 8-9 hours is essential which is the most important part of your schedule because if you are suffering from lack of sleep it causes insomnia and many other sleeping problems like depression, and anxiety, and also affects your mental state, eye pain, etc.

7. Stay hydrated: Stay hydrated by consuming water 5-6 L per day so that you can get clear skin without acne, dark circles, or patches. Do daily skincare with your usual morning routine and night skincare routine. Wipe your skin with cotton, massage with oil or aloe vera gel, and make and apply a face mask according to your skin tone.

8. Make an aim: Make a purposeful life because without an aim you will be directionless. Choose what you are interested in or what you want to do for earning. Focus on your dreams, do not think about others on what they are saying, ignore them because taking their comments seriously affects your mental health, and distracts you from achieving your dreams.

9. Avoid alcohol, cigarettes, whiskey, rum, and weeds that contain nicotine that affects your mental health and physical health. Their consumption lowers brain development, develop psychiatric problems, affects air passage, cardiovascular problems, etc.     
10. 21/90 days rule: Follow the rule of 21/90 days to achieve a goal. It consumes 21 days to make a habit, but without any one-day break, if you take one day break in 21 days then start fresh. And, if you want to make a permanent lifestyle change then follow 90 days routine of that habit. Your mind will adapt that habit to your daily routine.