5 Tips for Self-Care for Teachers

The school year can get rough.  It is important that we take care of ourselves and keep ourselves healthy and relaxed.  Here are my best tips for self-care.

Stop Comparing Yourself to Other Teachers

There is always that teacher on your floor that seems to have everything figured out.  They have a perfectly decorated classroom, her class seems to behave like angels during assemblies, and she leaves work before the sun goes down every day.  All you think is that if you could be a little more like her, things would be better.

Humans have a habit of constantly comparing themselves to others.  You want Carrie Underwood’s legs, a Kardashian silhouette; you want to be more athletic, smarter, more organized, the list goes on and on.

Every human has things that they are good at and things that they struggle with.  Naturally, you notice the things in other people that you wish you had yourself.  But you are ignoring all of the areas where that other person struggles.  There is always going to be someone who does something that you wish you could.  Don’t let yourself get envious of them.

If you allow yourself to be constantly comparing yourself to others and being envious of what they have, you will never be happy.

Read a Book

Finding time every day to read is something that relaxes me.  It also gives me a sense of accomplishment every time that I finish a book.

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Or just find a book that will take you to another place for a while.  A “beach read” that will give you an escape for an hour.  I personally love a good summer, beachy book.

Diffuse Oils

I can’t explain it, but diffusing different scents relaxes me.  I never believed in aromatherapy, but after reading about it so much and hearing about it everywhere, I decided to try it.

So, I started diffusing a sleep blend while I sleep at night and my quality of sleep has been noticeably better.

I don’t know the science behind it, or what about it helps, but for me it does.

Self-Care by Treating Yourself

This can be hard when you’re living life on a budget (which I am).  But, once in a while when I feel myself getting stressed, I will go out and get a pedicure or do something else that I enjoy.  This relaxes me.

You can replace my pedicure with anything that suits your life.  Go out for a night with the girls.  Play a sport that you love, go shopping with a family member.

Do something that makes you smile.

Make a List of Your Best Qualities

We constantly spend time picking ourselves apart.  We focus on the things about ourselves that we want to change. A great tip for self-care is to help build yourself up!

Take a few minutes and make a list of all of the things that you are good at and all of the things that you like about yourself.

This could be difficult because it is not in our nature to compliment ourselves, but when you are done, you will realize that you are better than you think you are and that you have a lot to be proud of.

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