12 Days of Self-Caring Christmas

Grace Cho | December 12, 2022

Illustration courtesy: Yeonjae Lee

On the First Day of Christmas, my own self gave to me, a bath to feel extra minty.

On the Second Day of Christmas, my own self gave to me, a bath to feel minty, and a re-run of my favorite movie.

On the Third Day of Christmas, my own self gave to me, a bath to feel minty, re-run of a movie, and a nap to refresh my body.

On the Fourth Day of Christmas, my own self gave to me, a bath to feel minty, re-run of a movie, nap to refresh my body, and a full meal to start eating healthy.

On the Fifth Day of Christmas, my own self gave to me, a bath to feel minty, re-run of a movie, nap to refresh my body, meal to eat healthy, and adding positive words in my daily routine.

On the Sixth Day of Christmas, my own self gave to me, a bath to feel minty, re-run of a movie, nap to refresh my body, meal to eat healthy, positive words in my routine, and a walk outside in the trees.

On the Seventh Day of Christmas, my own self gave to me, a bath to feel minty, re-run of a movie, nap to refresh my body, meal to eat healthy, positive words in my routine, a walk outside in the trees, and a warm cup of freshly brewed tea.

On the Eighth Day of Christmas, my own self gave to me, a bath to feel minty, re-run of a movie, nap to refresh my body, meal to eat healthy, positive words in my routine, a walk outside in the trees, warm cup of freshly brewed tea, and journaling to rant whenever I need.

On the Ninth Day of Christmas, my own self gave to me, a bath to feel minty, re-run of a movie, nap to refresh my body, meal to eat healthy, positive words in my routine, a walk outside in the trees, warm cup of freshly brewed tea, journaling to rant whenever I need, and some social time with friends and family.

On the Tenth Day of Christmas, my own self gave to me, a bath to feel minty, re-run of a movie, nap to refresh my body, meal to eat healthy, positive words in my routine, a walk outside in the trees, warm cup of freshly brewed tea, journaling to rant whenever I need, social time with friends and family, and going offline with no phone no TV.

On the Eleventh Day of Christmas, my own self gave to me, a bath to feel minty, re-run of a movie, nap to refresh my body, meal to eat healthy, positive words in my routine, a walk outside in the trees, warm cup of freshly brewed tea, journaling to rant whenever I need, social time with friends and family, offline with no phone no TV, and setting my own needed boundaries.

On the Twelfth Day of Christmas, my own self gave to me, a bath to feel minty, re-run of a movie, nap to refresh my body, meal to eat healthy, positive words in my routine, a walk outside in the trees, warm cup of freshly brewed tea, journaling to rant whenever I need, social time with friends and family, offline with no phone no TV, setting boundaries, and buying a gift to be shipped to me!