(My)self Care

I was today years old when

I learned to put MY SELF in self care

ME, MY self, Poet Simone.

November Twenty Twenty-One is when it clicked.

Self care is about me!

I know the slogans

I even have a sweatshirt that reads:

“Self care isn’t selfish”

But maybe it should be. 

In all the good ways--

100% completely self focused and centered on me for a period of time.

I would go so far as to rename it “me-care” or even more personalized “Simone-care”.

By nature I have always been a care taker, and that is not a bad thing.  I love people.  But how can I love people if I don’t love and take care of of me first?

-Thoughts on Tuesday