GUEST WRITER: Katie Conroy

​The Importance of Self-Care
in the Life of the Busy Entrepreneur

As an entrepreneur it can be hard to keep up with your many duties and obligations. And there’s one vitally important obligation that too often gets pushed to the back burner while you’re taking care of other tasks. That obligation is self-care.
You may not realize how important it is to tend to your own needs, but the reality is that if you neglect self-care, every aspect of your life, including your business life, will be adversely affected. If you are wondering how you can possibly fit new routines into an already packed schedule, Loving Life Fully offers some self-care ideas and motivational reminders to help you make this a priority.
Self-care is not self-indulgence.
When you think of self-care, what do you think of? If you’re imagining spa weekends, fancy desserts, or long vacations, you may be missing the point. Sure, luxuries may have their place in self-care. But self-care is not reducible to luxury. And it remains important even when extravagance is not an option. Even if you are trying to stay frugal, even if you are optimizing the productivity of every minute in your day, self-care should be viewed as non-negotiable, like basic hygiene and nutrition. That is because self-care is not about giving yourself fun little extras. It is about maintaining access to the basics that you need to be healthy, both physically and mentally.

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