Moderating Self-Care

Last week I posted about art being a form of self-care.

And since then, I’ve had a lot of thoughts revolving around that subject.

How self-care can potentially, and perhaps quickly, lead to self-indulgence (But really all in the name of taking care of yourself), and self-indulgence may lead to selfishness, which is not good for anyone, let alone yourself (The opposite of what we’re trying to do here).

Where is this fine line of self-care vs self-indulgence?

It’s probably different for everyone.

You know yourself, where is that line for you?

I’m still discovering where that line is for me. Now that I’ve started to change my mindset about how I view my creativity in this season of my life, I’ve started thinking of it ALL as self-care.

I need to take this virtual video course to learn a new technique, I need a certain tool for my next project, I have to spend this amount of time making and creating, etc.

When, in reality, do I really need to learn a new technique (Nothing bad in that, in fact it’s good, it’s just how many techniques do I need to learn at once?) or do I really, really, really need that new tool?

Perhaps not.

It is worth bearing in mind that, as the saying goes, ‘everything in moderation’, even with art as a form of self-care.