Redefining Selfish: Prioritzing Self Care

Are you done with the semester, even though there are still three weeks until finals? Are you feeling stressed, run down, and tired? Are there never enough hours in the day for everything? The Counseling Center Paraprofessionals want to help you tackle the home stretch of this semester with our final Tuesday at 7 workshop about self care! In “Redefining Selfish: Prioritizing Self Care”, participants will learn how to work simple self care into their busy lives, how to pull a healthy all nighter during finals, how to avoid overcommitting, and many other useful skills. Join us on Tuesday, April 25th at 7pm in room 406 in the Illini Union!

1. Self care isn't always pretty or fun

Self care isn't always taking a nice bath or relaxing on the Quad on a nice day. Although those are still great things to do, the category of self care also includes allowing yourself to express your emotions without judgment.

2. Self care doesn't have to take a long time - there are little things you can do to calm yourself down!

A quick five minute deep breathing session can really help you deal with stress in the moment, or even treating yourself to a food or drink that you really like shouldn't take long! (You can do both if you're waiting in line to buy said food or drink)

3. Time management is a huge form of self care

If you can use your time effectively, you can use more of it to not only recharge and recuperate from stress, but manage stress by spreading tasks over longer periods of times, so there's not so much concentrated stress.

4. Asking for help when you need it is a way to take care of yourself

There are a lot of resources in your community, and it’s important to utilize them when necessary.

5. It's not always selfish to put yourself first, sometimes it's self-preservation

It’s great to want to help everyone, but if you spend all your energy on other people, you won’t be able to spend energy on the things that you need to better help people.

Join us on Tuesday, April 25th at 7 pm in Illini Union 406 for more great self care tips!