Take Care of You

Okay ladies, I know that I have mentioned men quite a bit in my last few blogs so today we are getting rid of them. Chicks before dicks. We are throwing those hoes away. Today it is all about the ladiesssss. After this fun-tastic little intro paragraph, those hot pieces of garbage will be mentioned no more. BYE BITCHES. Au revoir. Adios.

Okay. I feel better now. We have cleansed the blog of all the negative energy. Only positive vibes today. At this point you probably are saying “Okay Ashley, you’re a freak.” This is true, I do not deny it. Today I just really wanted to focus on us ladies and keep the talk about the girls. Recently I just have really been wanting to talk about self-care for us young women.

I know, I know, you have heard it all before. Self-care this, and self-care that. Self-care is so important, blah blah blah blah. I get it, I don’t want to sound like a broken record. However, I think we hear it so much that we kind of just tune it out, and then we actually forget to physically do it.

“Ashley, what made you want to talk about self-care, of all topics?” Not that anyone is asking, but it is this damn blog. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE this hoe. Knowing that this blog might even help one other young woman out there with something she is feeling/going through gives me more joy than anyone will ever understand. However, when I started this blog I originally made the promise that I would make a post every Monday, and I cannot tell you how much that stressed me out. Imposing a due date on myself for these posts really took the joy out of it for me because when I didn’t have enough time to write during the week and my Monday deadline started approaching I felt like I was in college all over again.

So, I am genuinely sorry, but for my own self care I will only be blogging when there is a topic that I feel passionate about. When I have the time and the motivation to sit down and write these, they are way better than when they are forced and half-assed anyways. When I do post, my promise to you is that they will be posts I wanted to write and about topics that are really on my mind. And maybe sometimes those topics will be weird and crazy, I don’t freaking know. What I do know is that I need to practice self-care, and only write for you when it is the right time/right topic.

I hope that every single one of you out there is able to set these kinds of boundaries in your own life. With your family, your friends, your hobbies, etc. Setting boundaries is a huge part of self-care that isn’t discussed enough. Self-care is not just bubble baths and cheesecake. (I do love some cheesecake though damn.) Self-care is SO much more. In addition to setting your own boundaries, be mature and respectful when other's set boundaries with you as well.

Who practices self-care and sets boundaries? BOSS. ASS. BITCHES. That’s who.

XOXO,

Ashley Rathbone