Spring is a season of renewal and growth, making it the perfect time to focus on self-care and learn new spring self care tips.
By prioritizing your physical and mental well-being, you can improve your overall quality of life and feel more energized and motivated. This is the perfect time to take care of yourself with some fun self-care activities. From outdoor hikes to indoor crafting projects, there are so many spring self-care activities that you can try!
In this post, we’ll explore nine spring self-care tips that will help ignite your soul and make the most of the season.
Why is Self-Care In the Spring So Important?
Self-care is important year-round but we think it’s especially important to practice self care in the spring. Spring is a symbolic season for new growth, longer days, and more sun!
It’s a time to leave the winter and old winter energy behind. Like the earth blooms, grows, and flourishes – you can draw from this energy and grow, flourish, and bloom too!
The winter weather, lack of sun, and shorter days can do a number on our mental and sometimes physical health. The feelings and emotions of a tough winter can linger if we do not take time to recharge and renew for the spring season.
It’s with self care, self-love, and self-awareness that we can leave behind things that happened in winter and create a beautiful spring season.
Can I Use these Energizing Tips When it’s Not Spring?
While we are sharing some fun and unique tips for self-care during the spring, you can use these self care tips year around. It’s with the seasons of life that we find sometimes we may need things more than others. Don’t limit yourself to only using these ideas and tips during the spring, feel free to use them year around!
Now let’s get into the fun stuff – Spring Self Care Tips!
Reorganize and Declutter Your Life
Spring is the perfect time to spruce up and organize your life. Take some time to go through your clothes, books, closets, drawers, and any other items you think could use some sorting. Feel a sense of accomplishment as you reorganize them into their proper places. Getting rid of items that no longer add value to your life can give you a feeling of lightness, allowing more space for growth and joy.
Decluttering self care ideas:
- Declutter your whole home – free checklist here
- Sell old clothes on posh mark or donate them
- Embrace minimalism
- Clear your inbox and organize your phone apps
Eat Healthy, Fresh Foods
Spring is the perfect time to add more fresh produce and vitamins to your diet. Regular consumption of healthy foods like fruits and vegetables will give you a boost in energy and overall well-being. Plus, they often have a naturally sweet taste that can help satisfy cravings in lieu of processed foods!
Incorporate a couple of new seasonal items into your grocery list each week and create fun recipes with them.
- Eat in-season fruits like strawberries, pineapple, and mangoes – full list here
- Focus on cooking your meals instead of order take out or eating processed foods
- Meal prep – allow yourself to eat healthier and make it easier on yourself!
- Work on your relationship with food and find comfort in nourishing yourself
Reconnect with Nature and Wildlife
Spend time outside during the spring season to reap the benefits of being in nature. Not only is it great for physical health, but it also has emotional and spiritual benefits.
Take a walk in your favorite park or plan a day trip to your nearest beach or lake. Listen to the chirping of birds and observe the incredible creatures around you; let them fill your heart with joy!
Make it even more enjoyable by organizing a picnic or participating in outdoor activities like boating or biking.
- Try out tree therapy
- Start exercising outside – a gentle walk or stretching outside will feel amazing
- Spend 15 minutes outside in the morning
- Catch sunsets whenever you can
Get creative with a DIY project or craft
Believe it or not, self care doesn’t have to be expensive. Get your creative juices flowing and make something! Whether it’s a painting, crafting jewelry, terrariums, embroidery, collages or pottery; find your passion and let it run wild. You can also do some gardening while you’re at it; it will bring you a great feeling of accomplishment when your plants are growing healthy and well.
- Plant flowers or vegetables and develop your green thumb
- Try out a creative activity like painting, drawing, or writing poetry
- Take an online course that will help you develop a hobby
- Upcycle old clothes or home items
Prioritize gratitude
Take a few moments each day to reflect on the things you’re grateful for. This can help shift your focus to the positive and improve your overall mood. When you start to look for the good things in life, you’ll see them more often. You’ll also find gratitude in smaller things in life.
Some self care ideas for practicing gratitude:
- Write a thank you note to someone you love
- Start a gratitude board
- Use gratitude journal prompts
Spend a day designing your life
Are you living the life you’re meant to live? Each day you have the opportunity to start living the life you want to live. No more excuses here – even if you’re not in the place that you want to be, you can start visualizing yourself as the person you want to be.
Self care ideas to become your best self:
- Use affirmations
- Ask yourself what you want your life to look like in 5 years and set goals around that life
- Understand what your dream life looks like and ask yourself how you can embrace that life right now
- Prioritize your goals, and values, and assess your life against this scale
- Create a vision board with your dream life
Prioritize social connection in real life
If you spent more time than usual indoors during the winter, you may be crazing social interaction. Social relationships are beneficial for your mental health, emotional health, and for our soul! It’s with wonderful social experiences that we can find joy in life, build stronger connections, and also increase our self-love.
Social self care ideas:
- Start a dinner club with your friends – get dinner at a new restaurant once a month
- Host a girl’s night or girl’s weekend!
- Invite the family over for a game night
- Make new social connections by trying out meetup.com or other meet-up groups
- Host a picnic with your best friends and bottomless mimosas!
Get out of your comfort zone
After spring comes to an end, you’re halfway through the year! Leave your old beliefs behind and challenge yourself. What is something that you’ve always wanted to do but you’ve never done? Be your own biggest fan and every week make it your goal to try something new to step outside your comfort zone!
Getting out of your comfort zone is an excellent way to build your self-esteem!
Self care ideas to get out of our comfort zone
- Do something alone – eat dinner or see a movie alone
- Try out a class or hobby that seems challenging
- Smile at a stranger and strike up a conversation
- Speak up and share what’s on your mind next time you are in a situation where you want to be heard
Make peace with the past
You may be asking – how will this ignite my soul? Dealing with the past can be hard and emotional. Well, it’s after you deal with the past and let it go that you can actually focus on the now and feel free.
If you’re holding on to old energy, old situations, and old memories, let them go! Things that no longer serve you may just hold you down. It’s time for you to live the life of your dreams and you can’t do that if you’re living in the past.
How to heal the past:
- Let your feelings out by journaling
- Speak to a licensed professional
- Forgive yourself and others
- Let go of things you cannot change, set boundaries and move forward
Final Thoughts
Thank you so much for stopping by Tru&Well today! We are so passionate about self-care and when you combine one of the best seasons with self care, it’s a recipe for happiness!
We hope that you are able to implement some of these ideas and tips above and if you do – let us know! Remember that when you start your self-care journey, it’s important that you are kind and gentle with yourself. Self-care can be hard and self-love isn’t always easy. But with the proper resources and a positive mindset, anything is possible!
xx,
T&W