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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you for your perspective, PP. I think I need to reject the term as well and allow myself to feel proud of the choices we’ve made and how we’ve prioritized things. It’s hard when you keep reading how important self care is and the list of all the things I’m supposed to be able to somehow incorporate into my life, from meditation to girls trips and so on… In some ways parenting is my self care, but it’s also what’s wearing me down. [/quote]

I'm the poster you replied to.

I'm a mixed-race foreigner who came to this country in her 20s. I've been different all my life, enough to be entirely comfortable making choices that aren't those of others around me. So when I read the self-help drivel that gets passed off as advice, I laugh. Perhaps they cater to the lowest common denominator, I don't know. I don't want girls' weekends, or spas or gym sessions or meditation, or whatever they're pushing. I love to read a book at home with a nice cup of tea, I love to walk my dog in all weather (the colder and windier the better), I love to foster rescue puppies in my home until they can be adopted, and I love to visit individual friends in their homes and have a nice cup of tea and a chat. I've done that ever since I met them when my oldest was about 2. We would have playdates as well. Now he's a senior and we still do the chat and tea thing.

It's all about knowing yourself and doing what makes YOU happy, OP. Ignore the drivel. 
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