Food & Lifestyle

2020 has turned out to be an interesting year not just for me, but for most people I know, and the world at large. If there’s one thing I can say about how the year has progressed, it’s that we have been forced to evaluate or re-evaluate our choices and connections.

One of the bigger reevaluations I’ve done is on personal finances and spending.

It isn’t to say of course, that I’m only thinking about this now. Personal finance and spending is something I’ve been thinking about since I made the decision to slow down in my working life a year or so back.

With a slow-down at work, naturally, I had to expect a slow-down in income earned. With that in mind, I adjusted my spending accordingly.

But even then, 2020 clearly had different plans, for many plans and projects were shelved, my income has certainly been impacted, and my spending pattern has changed again.

So, I’m curious. With everything that’s happening in the world today, has your spending changed? If it has, how and what are you spending more on lately?

I have been thinking about the subject of self-care for a while. Self-care is a very important concept, but one which I feel has been rather commercialized. I’ve been thinking about it even more so since we’ve all been forced to stay indoors and avoid the most common methods of self-care that we’re accustomed to.

Self-care is something that I think we mouth platitudes about, but don’t really practice properly. Often, what we deem self-care is a trip to the spa, or some pampering in the form of a body massage or facial, or a bout of shopping.

I used to think the same, but now I view self-care differently. It is much much more than just a spa day 🙂