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Self care. oh boy where do I start; I know social media has practically dragged this word quite a bit and tosses it around like a group of bullies tossing a toy that the one kid wants to play with.
when it comes to the word self care all I can think of at the top of my head is a woman spending eight hundred dollars on skincare, facial, makeup and paddle ball clothes that'll be long forgotten by the 'now trending world' the second a new thing comes up and another thing is seen as immediately old and unpopular and the poor woman gets shamed for it. honestly the way social media affects what's 'popular' and what isn't completely baffles me: there are things straight from the 90's-00's that're making a comeback and my family and I aren't surprised about it since we've kinda grew up on those things.
social media as well as self care is fueled on three factors:
- Consumerism
- Peer pressure
- Views
let's say you saw your friends with the popular flip phones ya know the Kyocera 701kc, LG smart F440, Samsung galaxy fold 2 and so on. they're raving about how cute they are, the feature and the sweet sweet feeling of having a cute retro flip phone they can decorate to fit their aesthetics so now you want one and yo start the investment and as the days go by you save up the money and buy one off ebay and decide to show it off only for them to call it outdated and say otherwise. of course they could also say it still looks cute or whatever else.
Now back to self care: I feel like that's what this s sort of except now five year old's are scared to age and honestly something people take for granted is that aging is a beautiful thing and there's nothing wrong with hiding it but you need to draw the line as to how much skincare and products you want to coverup how much you're aging. so you're probably wondering why I just gave you a whole ass economic lecture and want me to get to the main point...so i'll get to the main point.
As of now I am intending to do my own actual self care by starting small and progressing later on. this falls back into one of my other forum. I'm hoping to fond some things that help with eczema, sensitive skin and scars, as for my self care I'm hoping to do it for four months starting this month but I intend to take it slow and steady then move onto the bigger things as I go. again please leave suggestions in comments
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