Self-Care Checklist: How Kind are you Being to Yourself? (Updated)

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We originally created this checklist during the pandemic to help people with a self-care check-in and to help us be kinder to ourselves.

Now maybe you’re doing really well at self-care. And maybe there are a few areas that could benefit from a tweak—or even a boost!

Something’s got to give. Don’t let it be you.
Stever Robbins

This checklist looks at 18 core areas for your self-care. How will you do?

UPDATE: We’ve updated this self-care checklist to add 2 new questions and remove the COVID references.

Find our regular Self-Care Quiz & Checklist PDF here

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How it Works: Self-Care Checklist Scoring and your Self-Care Actions

After scoring your checklist, simply ponder where you could improve and choose up to 3 actions to boost your self-care.

Now, when I completed the checklist I was surprised—by how high my score was. Which felt good: I must be walking my talk 😉

BUT. If I had completed the checklist a few months earlier my score would have been much lower.

So, if you have a high score like me after completing this checklist, try stretching yourself with the self-care actions you choose. For example, I’m excited to do a steep hike I haven’t done for a while (to improve my physical fitness—and test out my knee following surgery last year).

But if your score is on the lower side, make your self-care actions smaller and easier. This way you’re more likely to do them and, as your self-care improves and you feel a little better, then you can stretch yourself to bigger actions!

Wrap-up

So, what did you learn about yourself? What possibilities do you see for being kinder to yourself?

Sometimes it’s the obvious things that escape us: When did you last get a dental check-up? Do you love your hairstyle? What do you have to look forward to?

And even when we think we’re nailing self-care, there are usually a few areas that could use a tweak—or a boost. This self-care quiz helps you spot them.

If you liked this Self-Care Checklist, you may also like:

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12 Ways to Be Fiercely Kind with Yourself! (Infographic)
Resilience: Why we Should ALL be Grieving the Impacts of COVID (a very personal response to COVID, and why it is much harder that we realise…)

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