adventures of a typical high school student

Hello everyone!

I’ve mentioned a couple times that I’ve wanted to place an emphasis on balance and my mental well-being this year. As a result, I’ve tried to implement some new regular self-care practices. Doing small things for yourself as part of your daily (or weekly, or monthly) routine is so important to ground yourself and destress from the craziness of life. If you’re interested in what my self-care practices are, keep on reading!

I’m going to divide this post into things I do daily, things I do weekly, and things I do monthly/less often than monthly/on special occasions whenever I have time to. Keep in mind that I obviously don’t have time to do all of this everyday except for the few daily practices I’ll mention, so it’s all about finding the most important things that make you feel the best and implementing those as much as possible!

Daily Self-Care

• Hygiene! It’s so important to have good hygiene in order to feel clean and good about yourself throughout the day. I brush my teeth at least two times a day, shower once a day usually, wash my face, put on deodorant, etc. Whatever you need to do to feel clean and fresh 🙂
• Choosing a perfume to wear – My go-to for the past year or so has been Pink Sugar (get it on sale at Nordstrom Rack!), but I’ll also use Victoria’s Secret body sprays from time to time to switch it up, or Marc Jacobs Daisy.
• Writing my feelings down – Whether it’s a random blurb in the notes app on my phone, a poem or some other little piece of creative writing, or an actual mini-journal entry, I often have to get my feelings out at some point during the day.

Weekly Self-Care

• Shaving – I actually don’t shave every week (definitely not in the winter) but I try to. It’s something I dread, but I’m always glad I did it in the end when I can feel smooth legs.
• Lighting candles in my room – I LOVE candles, and I like to burn them in my room on the weekends especially. It’s a huge motivator to finish all my weekend work.

Monthly/Special Occasion Self-Care

• Face masks – I don’t always have a face mask on hand, but lately I’ve been using charcoal masks from the Yes to Tomatoes brand that my mom buys at Target. It’s super relaxing and I’d like to think it helps with my typical teenage oily skin.
• Baths with bath bombs – Baths are the most relaxing thing ever, but I sadly don’t have a lot of time to take them. I love bath bombs from LUSH, and I usually stock up on them in the holiday season so I always have some on hand. My all-time favorite LUSH scent is the Snow Fairy one from the shower gel and the bubble bar 🙂
• Eyebrow waxing – About every other month, I get my eyebrows waxed at the Benefit brow bar in my local Ulta. I’ve always had really good experiences, but I know that other Ultas without the Benefit brow bar training don’t have as good of service, so it’s something to be wary of. I don’t wear makeup or actually do my eyebrows, but waxing gives them a clean shape that I’m happy with.
• Hair mask – I use the Enfanti moisturizing hair mask treatment (my mom buys it at a local beauty supply), and it always restores shine and a silky smooth texture to my hair.

I might be forgetting a few things that I do even less often, but these are the main practices I try to keep up to make sure I’m treating myself with some me-time. I would love to know what self-care practices work for you guys, so please let me know!

Brooke