How do you make time for self-care?

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I make time for self-care the same way I make time for happy hour: I put it on the schedule and protect it!  

Sometimes self-care is a facial, a fresh haircut, and buying an outfit I absolutely did not need. Other times, it’s turning my phone on Do Not Disturb and pretending the entire world has lost my number. 

I’ve learned that I cannot pour from an empty cup, especially when somebody already put tequila in it. 

Self-care also means saying “no” without writing a five-paragraph essay explaining why. I rest, laugh, spend time with people I love, and occasionally disappear under my comforter like I’m avoiding the IRS. The world will survive without me for a few hours and if it doesn’t, baby, that sounds like a management problem.