{"id":1881,"date":"2025-05-09T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T23:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/student-health-and-well-being\/?p=1881"},"modified":"2026-08-24T11:23:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T01:53:19","slug":"self-care-mega-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/student-health-and-well-being\/2025\/05\/09\/self-care-mega-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"The Self-care Mega Guide (2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I’ve been collecting self-care strategies for a while now and the current home for them is my Self-care Mega Guide<\/a>. There is a lot in there and it keeps growing. I don’t expect people to follow all the advice in the guide. Instead I hope to alert people to the range of things that constitute self-care and consider activating a couple in their own life. Last updated 24\/8\/26.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The history of the Self-care Mega Guide stretches back to 2018, when I released my first version.\u00a0The purpose of that guide (and all subsequent versions) was to alert students to the diverse range of activities that constitute self-care.<\/p>\n

Most of us have been told at some point in time that self-care is important. But that doesn’t necessarily mean we’ve been instructed on why that is and what self-care actually involves.<\/p>\n

At its simplest, self-care is often reduced down to eat well, move regularly, sleep soundly, stress less and be social. And to be honest, that isn’t the worst summary of self-care.<\/p>\n

But in practice, there are lots of ways that we can make investments in ourselves.<\/p>\n

‘Self-care is any deliberate\/intentional activity we do to look after or improve our physical, intellectual, mental, social, spiritual, financial or environmental wellbeing.’<\/em><\/p>\n

That is where the Mega Guide<\/a> comes in.<\/p>\n

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I’ve been on a bit of a mission to document and categorise, as best I can, the various activities I think fall into the self-care space.<\/p>\n

That mission has led to a sizeable document, with many strategies and ideas listed within. Hence the name ‘Mega Guide<\/a>‘.<\/p>\n

I maintain this guide<\/a> and distribute it to students on the basis that I want you to be both happy and productive. That may sound a little naff but I want for you the same thing I want for all the people in my life that I care about. I want you to have a life filled with meaning and purpose and good relationships and enjoyable and productive work. The guide is intended to literally ‘guide’ you towards those activities I think maximise the likelihood of that happening.<\/p>\n

At present, the guide<\/a> covers 12 self-care strategy areas:<\/p>\n