Develop your own self-care plan. A self-care plan can help you manage your stress,
enhance your health and well-being, and increase your academic performance. In your
self-care plan, include the things you need to do and need to avoid to increase
well-being. Specifically, make your self-care plan in the following six dimensions:
physical, cognitive, emotional, social, moral, and spiritual. Then make a reflection paper
on the things you realized from the activity and the reasons why it is important to create
your own self-care plan.
My Self-Care Plan
Physical
Cognitive
โ Create a routine that will make me
productive
โ Make sure to have adequate sleep
โ Eat and drink healthy everyday by
avoiding junk and oily foods, as well
as liquors.
โ Make sure to find time to exercise at
least three to four times a week to
keep my body strong.
โ Read books and learn. Allow my
mind to wander and think of new
ideas.
โ Practice being logical most of
the time and not be emotional.
โ Meditate and learn how to find
peace amidst the chaos inside
my head.
โ Practice thinking positively.
Emotional
Social
โ Practice conducting self emotional
assessment. Self awareness will help
to improve emotional response to
avoid getting overwhelmed all the
time or getting sudden outbursts.
โ Start a journal and speak up. Do not
be afraid to express what I feel, but
be understanding of what others
might feel too.
โ Allowing myself to feel different kinds
of emotions as it is part of being
human.
โ Spend quality time with my loved
ones.
โ Improve my communication
skills to have better interactions
with other people.
โ Never be afraid of stepping
outside the box by joining groups
and organizations to meet new
people and make connections.
โ Do not be afraid to say no and
set up healthy boundaries.
Moral
Spiritual
โ Practicing respect and kindness for
myself and other people by knowing
that we all have the same human
rights.
โ Improving my knowledge and
โ Find time to reflect with myself.
This will help me see how far
I've come and what I can still do
to improve my spiritual self.
โ Allow myself to be free and
