Is self care a privilege?

In yesterday's post I talked about how I have picked up a god-awful flu and that I'm deliberately taking it easy, easy, easy in order to recover.

But I realised, almost as soon as I wrote it, that this level of self care is all well and good for me but what about the person who has this same f*cking awful flu and still has to go to work to feed their family?

Or the single parent who has one or more young children to care for?

Or the person who's living in the middle of a war zone?

So, without trying to shame myself for having some things (space, time, money, freedom) that many other people don't have I do want to remember the privilege I have that I can take deep, restorative care of my body when it needs it.

It's a tricky one to navigate: privilege.

I see lots of rich people who surround themselves with other rich people and just carry on like their experience of life is normal. They wouldn't even consider that self care is a privilege, they'd use words like essential.

And if you want to live your best life then it is, essential.

I also see plenty of my fellow wealthy humans who feel super guilty that they can take days off work while their poorer brothers and sisters around the world cannot.

This is also not helpful, in my opinion.

I feel like the line I want to walk is one of recognising the privilege that I have and use it to benefit many more people than just me.

That's what I want to aim for here.

And until I work out exactly how I can help many more people, I best get off this screen and head the f to bed. Because me tired. 😴

Photo by me.