The Ultimate Self-Care Checklist for Creatives

As creative souls, attuning to our creativity also involves a certain element of allowing our energy to be restored through intentional self-care. For so many creatives (especially those who run their own businesses!), this is one of those concepts that you logically know to be true but find hard to surrender to when you have a huge list of priorities.

That said, if you’re anything like me, self-care and taking adequate care of yourself actually improves your creativity and, in turn, your business.

In this post, I’m sharing the ultimate self-care checklist for creatives like you… categorized by what makes your heart sing!

For example, maybe you feel most alive outdoors and in the wilderness! Then that category may speak to you more than the arts + crafts category (or vice versa) – but feel free to dabble across all areas, you multi-dynamic being, you!

Wilderness + The Great Outdoors – Self-Care Ideas:

• Take a walk through the woods
• Explore a new trail
• Sit by a body of water + listen to its movement
• Collect 5 of your favourite leaves as you walk through the forest on a fall day
• Collect a pebble from your favourite body of water to keep on an alter + nearby
• Plant or tend to your garden 

Homebody – Self-Care Ideas:

• Try a new Netflix show
• Order a book you’ve always wanted to read
• Watch an Architectural Digest (AD) tour on YouTube
• Create your own morning routine
• Take some time to journal your thoughts
• Practice meditation
• Create an unwind ritual to do at the end of each day
• Create a new empowering affirmation for yourself
• Start a gratitude journal
• Play with something that makes your inner child happy – like Lego!
• Take a screen-free day
• Give yourself a manicure or pedicure
• Spend some time nesting into your space, maybe even printing out some photos of people and things you love to inspire you for around the home

Arts + Crafts- Self-Care Ideas:

• Go to the craft aisle of your local dollar store + pick out a craft you want to do just for fun
• Watch a YouTube video about a new art or craft you’d like to learn to inspire you
• Letter out an affirmation or quote that inspires you + put it up on your wall for you to see each day
• Create a vision board to inspire you
• Let your inner child play by drawing or colouring. 
• Paint for the sake of painting – have zero expectations of what you are creating
• Create something with blocks or Lego, like you did as a child
• Bake a new recipe

Culture + About Town- Self-Care Ideas:

• Try a new type of cuisine
• Get a manicure, massage or pedicure
• Do a crawl of local dessert spots
• Try a new type of beverage that you’ve never ordered before
• Explore a metaphysical shop + select a crystal that speaks to you
• Wander around a bookshop just to explore

Make It Personal

Remember that your version of self-care need not make sense to anyone else (so long as you’re not harming yourself or others). What may restore your energy and creativity may not be the same as your best friend or sister – so try not to compare yourself to others. Focus on what makes you feel good.

Journal For Self Care

Journaling allows you to…

• Rewire limiting habitual ways of being
• Give spotlight to your intuition’s voice
• Provide a solstice of self-care
• and develop a resilient mindset

These prompts are here to guide you when you need to dig deep into your own resilience and self-love.

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