At the beginning of every year, most of us make resolutions that we would take better care of ourselves. But that euphoria quickly dies off just as February arrives. Leaving us to wonder, “why do we fail so miserably at taking care of ourselves?” Experts have identified significant reasons including, time and social media.
By Kyra Taylor, Lawyer, Lifestyle Blogger and Writer at TheLifehack
At the beginning of every year, most of us make resolutions that we would take better care of ourselves. But that euphoria quickly dies off just as February arrives. Leaving us to wonder, “why do we fail so miserably at taking care of ourselves?” Experts have identified significant reasons including, time and social media.
1. Time
The truth is that practicing self-care isn’t easy. Most of us are extremely busy, having stressful jobs, and simply don’t have time (for ourselves). And I don’t fault you, (I’ve been found guilty too). Trying to keep up with life can be hard, there are too many things waiting to be done for you to want to take a break. From your job to the grocery store, to the house, to helping your kids with their homework, keeping up/updating online life and social media, to catching a few hours of sleep, to dropping the kids off at school and do the job again. Rinse, repeat. All-year-round. A lot of people don’t have the luxury of time to take a break and re-energize.
2. Social Media
Studies by therapists and self-help experts have blamed social media as the leading cause of the failure by a lot of people to take better care of themselves. According to an article by Tech Engage, which I found quite interesting, studies by Facebook showed that users were happier when they quit social media. LOL!
The main issue for some people is that they are stuck to their phones all day and have no time to do anything else. Some people have online businesses, social media blogs, and large followings and feel the need to keep their social media presence alive all the time. Being offline for some hours seems like an insurmountable hurdle for these people and lots of other people, which prevents them from taking a much-needed break.
The importance of self-care and wellbeing in human life can never be overemphasized. We tend to want to take care of every issue and everything, but then it comes down to taking better care of ourselves, a lot of us fail miserably.
Self-care is vital for well-being, both mind, and body and are essential for a better quality of life. We need to take better care of ourselves, physically, nutritionally, mentally, emotionally, socially, and cognitively. Self-care is not exclusive to just one thing; it could be seeing a therapist, taking a day off everything, yoga, or anything that makes you feel relaxed and rejuvenated. To be able to do this I know we have to be able to clear our schedule and be in the right frame of mind to relax.
It’s a digital world now, and everything is evolving towards making life as easy as can be. A friend introduced me to Self-care, self-help, and productivity apps that help you clear your schedule faster, accomplish tasks, and help you stay balanced as you navigate this journey called life. You can literally have them on hand in your pocket via your phone. So, In addition to sleeping better, reducing stress, making positive affirmations, eating healthy, I would recommend you meditate, Go offline. Spend a day tech-free, fix a problem yourself, exercise, relieve stress, and read a book. And here are some tools to help you achieve these goals.
BHIVE Nectar
BHIVE Nectar is a self-help app that helps clear your schedule and make times for you to go off and take care of yourself. Sometimes the best step towards self-care is to just go ahead and create time!
Nectar helps solve the problem by taking your social media tasks away from your hands and giving you enough time to step away from the daily online grind of finding relevant content and posting on your social media. It is a platform that automatically searches and posts smart trending news on whatever time/topic you choose, on your LinkedIn and Twitter for you. There’s no work required. You get an exclusive 14-day trial by signing up. The app is web-based, so no download or credit card is required for the trial. This app is useful for professionals in Real Estate, Finance, Business, Legal, Administrative, Social, and other spaces.
Nectar has a mindful aspect to it because it allows a lot of social media addicts to disconnect from the social space without entirely being inactive. This would now create enough time for you to do activities towards making your body and mind happy and balanced.