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# Your Afternoon Chat: Practical Adventures in Self-Care
- URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/your-afternoon-chat-practical-adventures-in-self-care-10-2019/
- Published: 2019-10-24T21:00:10.000Z
- Updated: 2019-10-24T21:17:22.000Z
- Description: Sometimes it's good to be pragmatic.
- Author: Jessica  
- Tags: fugs, Your Afternoon Chat, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-07 08:07

So, obviously, "self care" has turned into kind of a catch-all phrase that loads of companies have leapt on as a way to sell us all more stuff -- baths are "self care," your manicure is "self care," getting super nice bedding is "self care." I actually don't even disagree with this -- those are ways to relax and decrease stress, and that's good for people, and god knows I love a bath. But I kind of like talking about the real unglamorous nitty-gritty ways of taking care of your human form. For example, I am very stressed right now about a deadline and also I am getting over shingles (still, ugh, it takes *forever*) and I've realized that the best way for me to manage my stress AND my health is to *get enough gd sleep*. This is hard for me because I am by nature a night owl. I don't have problems *falling* asleep, but I do have problems actually GOING TO SLEEP. GO THE EFF TO SLEEP, JESSICA. (I could just lie in bed and read a book for hours and hours! Or watch like nine episodes of *Harlots* in a row!)

I recognize that also I should be exercising but I hate it. It's so boring. And I don't want to get into a car and drive to a class. So.

We'll get there.

But I'm curious: What's your number one way to not turn into a sick stress-monster?