#52SmallThings: A Weekly Self-Care Challenge

If you take the time to look, you will find a million ideas for self-care. By definition, self-care is “the practice of taking action to preserve or improve one’s health, well-being and happiness.” Essentially, self-care is anything you enjoy doing that takes your mind away from your stress. Below is a list of a few [...]

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Do you ever forget to take care of yourself? Practicing self-care is crucial for everyone, but more so if you live with chronic and/or mental illness. Finding time to look after you and nourish your body and mind is important and doing so regularly will hopefully help you to manage any physical or mental health conditions. Scheduling [...]

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#52SmallThings #DistractMe #CheckInWithMe #Selfcare #MentalHealth #Disability #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #RareDisease #Anxiety #Depression
#Autism #Parenting #PTSD #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #BipolarDisorder #Fibromyalgia #Lupus #MultipleSclerosis #Migraine #Spoonie

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If you were a tourist in your own city for a day, what would you do?

Let’s put our adventure caps on, Mighties, and become tourists for the day! 🤠

If you were visiting your own city or town for the first time and wanted to visit an attraction, restaurant, or engage in an activity you’ve never done before — where would you go and what would you do?

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TRUE or FALSE: I prefer spontaneous adventures over ones that are planned.

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True! I love to see where the day takes me. 😌

False: I need to know what my day will look like. 📅

Depends on who I'm with and how I'm feeling. 🤔

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#52SmallThings #CheckInWithMe #Selfcare #MentalHealth #Disability #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #RareDisease #Anxiety #Depression
#Autism #Parenting #PTSD #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #BipolarDisorder #Fibromyalgia #Lupus #MultipleSclerosis #Migraine #Spoonie

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How can you fuel your sense of adventure without ever leaving home?

When you live with a mental and/or physical health condition, it can be tough to seek adventure outside of your home… but that doesn’t have to stop you from fulfilling your sense of adventure entirely. 💭🤔

Mighty staffer @sparklywartanks feeds her sense of adventure by having "family days" and planning out creative activities and games to play with them, all from the comfort of home.

What are some ways you can feed your sense of adventure without ever stepping foot outside your front door?

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Tell us about the best adventure you’ve ever been on.

Happy Monday, Mighties!

This week we'll be delving into the world of adventure! 🧭

Let's start by sharing what you feel is the best adventure you've ever been on. This adventure doesn't only have to be traveling or going on vacation, it can also be your career, being a parent, getting a degree, moving, or even embarking on your healing or health journey.

Mighty staffer @sparklywartanks shared that the best adventure she's ever been on is learning how to love herself better.

Share yours with us in the comments below! ⬇️

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Write yourself a motivational message for the weekend ahead.

Mighties, it's already Friday! 😲 For this week's last self-care challenge we'll be writing ourselves motivational messages for the weekend ahead. 😌

Here’s Mighty staffer @sparklywartanks motivational message:
"You're doing an amazing job navigating all the unexpected changes over the past couple of weeks. Good things are coming your way. Keep going—no need to worry!"

Drop yours below! 💌

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What are 3 things you’re grateful to have experienced this year?

So much has happened this year, positive, negative, and everything in between.

What are 3 things you are grateful to have experienced? What made those experiences important to you?

Mighty staffer @sparklywartanks 3 things are getting closer and going out with her family more, being open and honest with her therapist (which helped her release a lot of grief she was feeling), and setting boundaries with herself and others and sticking to them.

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Free write! Share what’s been on your mind.

Mighties, let's take a moment or two to free write today. You can write about something that you’re proud of yourself for accomplishing; a health goal that you have; a challenge you're facing; a poem that you wrote or something that you created; a list of thoughts, phrases, or words that have been on your mind; or even something you're looking forward to.

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What’s something you want to leave behind in 2025?

Please feel free to elaborate and share further in the comments below! 🦋

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Negative self-talk

Unhelpful habits

Not believing in yourself

Procrastination

Limiting beliefs

Overthinking and self-doubt

Not speaking up for yourself

Ignoring your intuition

Unfullfilling or hurtful relationships

Other (share your own below! ⬇️)

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