Just Gonna Say It: If You’re Treating Self-Care Like It’s A Task Then You’re Doing It All Wrong

I have a massive problem with productivity — to the point where I often find myself trying to fill every millisecond of the day with things I can neatly cross off a growing to-do list immediately after. While it’s one thing to make sure you abide by your responsibilities and the daily obligations of life, it’s another to allow productivity to seep into the realms of self-care and relaxation — a hybrid so commonly intertwined under late-stage capitalism. You only have to look at your TikTok ‘For-You’ page to see this play out in action. ‘Self-Care Sunday’ is not a marker for sitting in your bed binging all your favourite TV shows, but a day to clean your house, do your laundry, get a workout in, meal prep and then top it all off with a face mask if you’re lucky. It’s far from our fault, though. We’ve been conditioned since birth to correlate productivity with accomplishment, which is why it feels so damn good to smash out a to-do list and clear a slate of tasks that have been calling our names all week. And who doesn’t wanna feel good, amirite? Lifestyle writer and slow fashion influencer Maggie Zhou

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we have convinced ourselves that daily maintenance tasks for human living is self care. if we think we’re satisfied by this idea of self care, we don’t feel the need to seek out further enrichment and fulfilment #selfcare #capitalism #anticapitalism #feminism

♬ Morning Routine – Tollan Kim

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Be actively lazy sometimes, y’all

Grey’s Anatomytaking a midday napwatching sunsets

Get artistic, for fun (even if graphic design ISN’T your passion)

trulymaking artconsume it through books

Connect with ya mates

connecting with your mates

Connect with yourself

feel present and in-tune with my mind and bodyorgrounding yourself at the beachhere

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