Hannah’s Daily Note

Self-care has become synonymous with routines and habits that, on the surface of it, seem designed to benefits ourselves only.

But true self-care is more than that. In fact, around the time of the Civil Rights Movement, self-care became a political act – ensuring that marginalised communities were empowered to take care of their own health. Self-care became part of a wider motivation of liberation. Self-care was not individulistic – it was for the good of society.

So what if we can remember this during times when self-care might seem like a ‘luxury’ or even ‘selfish’? If we see self-care as looking after ourselves, in order to function better as part of a collective, it brings a whole new light to the basic act of taking care of ourselves.