September brings us out of the lazy days of summer. Schools and businesses are ramping up now that vacations are ending for now. You’ll find a lot of schools assessing their student’s needs and a lot of businesses taking a look at where they stand in relation to their year-end goals. And it’s time that we did the same with our health. It’s time to tune-up in September.
In our latest look at The Art of Extreme Self-Care, we take the time to look at our physical and mental health. It’s time to focus not on your outside appearance, but on your health since you need good health to carry you through to long life.
Is there something about your health that you’re concerned about? A suspicious lump or mole? Pain in your back, knees or shoulders? Pain in your teeth? What are you not asking your doctor? It’s time to start making those appointments. It’s time to start scheduling those exams that you’ve been putting off.
But it’s not just our physical health that we need to think about. We also need to think about our mental health. Yes. Mental health. It’s not something to shy away from. Stop saying you don’t need to talk to anyone. Everyone should. Even if it’s just once a year.
Anxiety, stress, depression. All take a toll on our mental health. Being able to speak to someone about it, even just once, can help to relieve some of what you’re feeling. And if you don’t like the first person that you go to, then find another one.
We seem to have no problem going store to store trying on lots of jeans to find that one pair that fits perfect. Why do we try just one doctor and then give up?
Another aspect of good physical and mental health is making sure we do those things like facials, mani/pedis, and massages that make us feel good. Feeling good is also good for our physical, mental, and emotional health.
For more information on how to take care of yourself, especially as we age, check out You: Staying Young by Dr. Roizen and Dr. Oz. Find out what the major agers are and how you can rewrite or rewire your body to reverse the flow.
Below are some links that I refer to in the calendar.
How to Deal With Fear of Doctors
Listening to the Body
The Importance of Regular Mental Health Check-Ups
There’s No Shame in Mental Health
The Benefits of Sensory Deprivation Tanks
The Case for Emotional Hygiene
Meditation Health Benefits
The best way to use the calendar is to read all of the items first. Find out where you might need to plan in advance like scheduling tests or making appointments. Below is the calendar and here is a link to the September Tune-Up Calendar.
I’ve been printing your calendars and using them as part of my morning journaling – a prompt, inspiration or to-do. Most days they work for me; some days just don’t fit (ex. work specific ones as I’m not working). But I am enjoying using them – so thanks for a September one. It’s printed, ready to put in my morning journal!
I’m so glad to know that someone is printing them out and getting a benefit from them.
Hi Jennifer, we tend to take care of Doctor/Dentist visits during summer months since our population is greatly reduced and appointments are easier to get. It is also when I pay the most attention to fitness and pampering. Fall to Spring is all about holidays, charity events and lots of social activities. I will Pin the calendar to my Get Up and Go Board since I tend to get a little over baked and will need a reminder to stay focused on what’s really important, including self care. #mlstl
I love the resources in this post and had to share. You can see that I tweeted it!
Thank you!
September looks to be all about Self-Care juding from the posts I’ve been reading on our linky this week Jennifer. I think looking at it from a whole of self viewpoint is very important – so many of us get some things right but neglect other areas entirely – I think I might add a massage into my September somewhere!
Thanks for linking up with us at MLSTL and I’ve shared on my SM 🙂
I’m glad people, especially mid-lifers, are beginning to see the benefits of self-care.
Just finished a year-long medical juggernaut of exams that will end with oral surgery on an old, infected root canal. Lovely yes, but considering what some people go through health wise, I’ll take it. Great advice.
I feel like I’ve been on a medical juggernaut as well. Since we moved to Florida, it’s all about getting new doctors and going through exams to establish baselines, etc., etc.
Your calendars are beautiful. What a wonderful thing to share.
Thank you, Rebecca.