Self-care is essential for overall well-being and can help reduce stress, prevent burnout, and enhance your ability to cope with life's challenges. It is a proactive approach to promoting a balanced and fulfilling life. 

• Self-Care involves recognizing your own needs and making choices that prioritize your health and happiness. 

• Physical, Emotional/Mental, Social, Spiritual, Academic 

• Self-care activities can be different for each person, as they are tailored to individual preferences and circumstances. 

Self-Care during Training 

• Beating Procrastination  

• Understand and reflect on the reasons as to why you procrastinate 

• Set clear goals for yourself 

• Prioritize and schedule 

• Start small/break tasks into chunks 

• Eliminate distractions 

• Be kind to yourself 

Overcoming overwhelming feelings 

• Utilize your tools: prioritize, time-management 

• Create a plan if needed 

• Don’t be afraid to ask for help or seek support, even if just to talk things out 

• Practice self care!! 

Be proactive 

• Develop self-awareness to your own needs and pay attention to your physical/mental/emotional state. Don’t ignore your signs of need and identify what activities can help you. 

• Creating a routine can help is self-care is not something you do regularly. Pick a time of day or similar to incorporate time for self-care. 

• Regularly check in with yourself to assess your well-being and needs. Take a few minutes each day to reflect on how you're feeling, what challenges you may be facing, and what self-care practices may be most beneficial in that moment. This helps you proactively address any emerging issues and make adjustments to your self-care routine as needed. 

• Be kind to yourself and practice self-compassion. Accept that self-care is a journey and that it's okay to have setbacks or make adjustments along the way. Treat yourself with understanding, forgiveness, and patience as you navigate the ups and downs of self-care. 

Burnout:  

• exhaustion of physical or emotional strength usually as a result of prolonged stress or frustration  

• Signs of burnout: 

• Sense of failure and self-doubt 

• Feeling helpless, trapped, and defeated 

• Detachment 

• Loss of motivation 

• Increasingly cynical and negative outlook 

• Decreased satisfaction and sense of accomplishment  

Stress:  

• A state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances  

• Stress Relivers: 

• Exercise 

• Reducing caffeine intake 

• Laughing 

• Spending time w friends/family 

• Listening to music 

• Drinking tea 

• Mindfulness 

Support: 

• to agree with and give encouragement to someone because you want them to succeed 

• Prostaff 

• RA Staff 

• Friends 

• Family 

• Professors 

• Dyson