Why It’s Good to Be Selfish Once in a While

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It’s important to take time for yourself once in a while and do what makes you happy. Many times people work so hard in their daily lives, are always busy doing favours and things for others and are always there for people when they need things. But the problem with that is that they always put themselves last. Unfortunately, in the process of being there for others, many times people don’t give themselves a break or time to enjoy life and their own personal hobbies and interests, or even pat themselves on the back once in a while.


It’s important to give yourself a break once in a while, as well as embrace and enjoy the things that are important to you. You are important too. We should all have certain hobbies or special interests that we find enjoyable, and if we don’t know what interests us and we don’t have any hobbies that we can think of, then we should try things out, explore something new, and take it from there.


It’s always good to have your own personal interests because that helps when it comes to having relationships with others whether socially, with family, or on a romantic level. It’s important to always have your own life and to be a whole and complete person before getting into any romantic relationship. This also goes for any type of relationships with your family or socially, because people always have their own things going on. Therefore, if you get a free moment or you have nothing to do one day, it’s good to have your own set of hobbies so that you can keep yourself busy and stay active.


You should never have to be in the presence of someone else in order to have a good time. Some people find this out about themselves early on, and they even enjoy their own time to the point where they would prefer to go to a movie by themselves once in a while or to do anything else that might appeal to them. It’s important to be able to enjoy time by yourself, because you have to like yourself as a person, and feel good from within before you’re able to feel good around others whether in a social, family or romantic setting.


If you’re a parent, then it’s important to give yourself a break once in a while, and definitely pat yourself on the back for all that you do day in and day out. For some people, being a parent is easy, but for others, it can be more stressful. A lot of that stress depends on the child’s personality, as well as the parenting style that you’re raising your kids in. Either way, it’s important to give yourself a break once in a while whenever possible, or at least when your kids are taking a nap or when they’re busy or being watched by someone else.


Having even a small amount of alone time is imperative in life, and we should all do things that make us happy during those alone moments. Remember, having a predominantly healthy lifestyle involves eating a healthy diet, or at least a diet where you’re eating habits let you indulge once in a while. But also, it’s important to get a good amount of REM sleep, because sleep is imperative when it comes to how you feel throughout your day.


Getting enough sleep and eating a healthy diet can play a big role in how you feel emotionally, and it can also play a big role in how you’re able to handle stress. It’s much easier to handle stressful situations when you’re taking good care of yourself from within. As long as you’re taking good care of yourself on the inside, eating right, and getting enough sleep, then it’s important to do things for yourself so that you feel good inside and happy. That even includes indulging in things once in a while.


Find out what hobbies appeal to you more, and find a way to arrange your schedule so that you can explore those things and embrace life because everyone deserves to do things in life that make them happy. Even those of us that tend to get extremely busy throughout our week, or even more so for those types. Whether you’re married, a parent, a single parent, a bachelor, a teenager, or even a senior, it’s important to do things for yourself once in a while. Give yourself a break and be selfish, because you deserve to enjoy your life.

Anne Cohen
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