The Importance of Me Time

I have been away for a while and I hope you haven’t left this blog for good. A big thank you to everyone who stuck around and to all new lovely people who have joined this blog in the past few months, I really appreciate your support!

I keep a list of topics I want to talk about on this blog. I have it on my phone and every time an idea jumps at me (which mostly happens in the shower (I know, so trite)), I instantly write it down, otherwise I simply forget. The problem is, a couple of days later I can’t remember the chain of thought I had, and even the few words jotted down in the notepad cannot refresh my memory.

So currently I have twelve topics on my list, and instead of picking one of them, I randomly came up with another idea. The importance of me time.

Taking care of yourself doesn’t mean me first, it means me too.

L. R. Knost

I don’t know why, but somehow throughout the years I have lost the ability to have and enjoy some quality me time. It used to be the opposite when I was younger. As a kid I loved drawing in my room for hours or even playing by myself. I loved hanging out with friends too, but I didn’t mind being alone. As a teenager, I spent evenings (and sometimes nights) alone as well, pursuing my creative ideas and thinking about philosophical questions. So what happened?

Somewhere along the way I grew scared of being alone. I started feeling like it was not worth wasting time on myself – instead I should be spending it with family, who are way more precious. I started to feel uncomfortable when I am alone, and guilty, like I could be doing something more productive instead. Somewhere along the way I lost ME.

I think it’s the life of an adult. As a kid or teenager you have all the time in the world and you can do with it whatever your heart pleases. You don’t owe anyone anything, no responsibilities, constant chores, life decisions. So you have time to be the romantic youth that hopes to change the world. Until you start working and living alone. Then reality hits and it’s no longer that peachy.

It’s easy to drown in the everyday life and lose sight of your dreams and hopes, lose sight of years passing by. This blog brings back the philosophical me. It disconnects me from the mundane reality and makes me flourish. This is my me time. I have finally found ME again and I hope that you will also find YOU.

It is so important to take time for yourself and find clarity. The most important relationship is the one you have with yourself.

diane von furstenberg