WTF is "self-care" even?
I don't even know what self-care is anymore. I have had the last few days off of work and I literally don't know what to do with myself when I'm not flitting from errand to task to errand. Groceries, laundry, meals, dog walks, chicken feeding, snow shoveling... When there's nothing on my list that I have to be doing, I start going stir crazy and beside myself. A generally unhappy camper.
Every time I read an article about self-care, it's all about finding things to "nourish your soul". And no, I'm not responding to the self-care is self-maintenance. Showering without interruption is not self-care. Nor is grocery shopping alone. (IMHO) I don't know what nourishes my soul anymore.
And all of this is being generally enhanced by having started the AIP diet. My 'usual' form of self-care was getting myself Starbucks and sitting in my car or going for a drive. Now there is no Starbucks (which in the long run is actual self-care but I MISS SUGAR COFFEE). With Covid and the weather, there is no place to go. I feel no creative bones in my body so art seems like a waste of tools. (And I should probably sell or give those items away at this point anyways.)
What are some other ideas that I could be doing for self-care? Is there a list somewhere? Some guide to 'how to take care of yourself when you only know how to take care of others'? Bonus points for things that I can do alone.