A Month Of Self Care Challenge

join me in June for a month of self care!

This voiceover is an audio version of my Slow Sunday Letter below. It is unedited, so may have some stutters, imperfections, and background noise. I hope you enjoy listening to it anyway!

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Welcome back to another Slow Sunday Letter! I hope you have had a slow and gentle week.

Full disclosure, I had an entirely different post lined up for today but I felt really compelled and excited to post this letter instead. This idea has been rumbling round my mind for a while…

I would like to invite you to join me during the month of June for a self care challenge!

In this week’s Slow Sunday Letter I am going to share with you a plan for a month of self care with prompts and ideas for each day in June. You can complete each challenge or just pick your favourite activities from each week. There are no rules. Do as many as you are able to, life happens and this challenge first and foremost is for you and should be fun.

I will be showing up in notes to encourage you along the way, and may even experiment with the chat/thread feature in Substack, and I hope we can all connect with each other in the comments. Please do reach out if you need anything or have any questions!

My hope is the challenge will be fun, light-hearted, encourage the habit of taking care of ourselves and help us learn which self care activities we like the most. So grab a cuppa, get cosy and let’s see what the month of June could bring!

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A Month of Self Care- June

Warm Up Days

Saturday 1st June

Walk/Move Outside

Sunday 2nd June

Read Something you will enjoy!

Week One

Monday 3rd June

Have a hot bath or shower listening to your favourite music.

Tuesday 4th June

List three things you are grateful for…

Wednesday 5th June

Spend five-ten minutes doing some light stretches.

Thursday 6th June

Grab a pen and paper and spend a few minutes doodling.

Friday 7th June

Watch your favourite movie or TV show.

Saturday 8th June

Play a game or start a puzzle.

Sunday 9th June

Phone/Video Call/Meet up with a friend or family member.

Week Two

Monday 10th June

Try a short Yoga or Pilates routine.

Tuesday 11th June

Journal Prompt: My perfect day would look like this …

Wednesday 12th June

Go and sit in nature (bring a note book so you can draw or write if you would like to).

Thursday 13th June

Create a playlist of all your favourite songs.

Friday 14th June

Declutter one area at home.

Saturday 15th June

Find a recipe you would like to try, go shopping for the ingredients and cook!

Sunday 16th June

Watch some comedy (movie, TV show, stand up).

Week Three

Monday 17th June

Write a list of three reasons you are proud of yourself.

Tuesday 18th June

Do a colouring activity.

Wednesday 19th June

Permission Slip: Relax, take a nap, do something restful.

Thursday 20th June

Do a life admin task you have been putting off, e.g. making a dentist appointment.

Friday 21st June

Do a breathing exercise.

Saturday 22nd June

Write or update your TBR (to be read) list.

Sunday 23rd June

Do something you enjoyed as a child, e.g. skipping, colouring, making something.

Week Four

Monday 24th June

Write a list of your three most treasured values/passions.

Tuesday 25th June

Go for a walk with no plan/destination.

Wednesday 26th June

Do that job you’ve been putting off for ages!

Thursday 27th June

Ask your friends for some book recommendations, and give them yours.

Friday 28th June

Try a meditation practice - even five minutes will do!

Saturday 29th June

Give yourself some time to do something creative, e.g. painting, making.

Sunday 30th June

Repeat your favourite activity from the challenge.

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(Disclaimer- I spontaneously decided to film this video, so I do apologise for the jazz music in the background, I didn’t realise it was so loud!)

This challenge was created to be fun, so please don’t put yourself under any pressure - just practicing prioritising you and self care is the aim here so whatever you can commit to will have a positive impact on your overall wellbeing.

You can join in at any time, do as many or as little activities as you like! Each activity can be adjusted to suit you - so feel free to tweak and personalise them. Give yourself a free pass to just try, even if you only do an activity for five minutes it will be worthwhile.

By the end of the month I hope we will all be feeling invigorated and inspired. You may even find some new hobbies or interests along the way!

I will share my progress along the way on notes, and please do use the comments below to check in and share how you are doing!

Please do restack/share this challenge with anyone you think may enjoy it!

Good luck and have a beautiful month.

Thank you for being here,

With Light & Love

Emily xxx

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PS. Book Lover’s Chat

Book Lover’s Chat will be back next week! I am so excited, I have decided to consolidate all our reading and book lover’s chat into a dedicated Slow Sunday Letter at the beginning of each month!

What to expect!?

At the beginning of each month your Slow Sunday Letter will be dedicated to all things reading and books!

Alongside my video catch up with you all, I will share my recent and current reads, as well as reviews and recommendations. There will be some bonus book lovers fun like reading challenges, classic literature exploration, TBR list building guidance, reading tips and encouragement. If you would like to see anything at all featured in Book Lover’s Chat please let me know as we grow this community together! And stay tuned for lots of lovely book chat next week!

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