Happy & Healthy

ALWAYS SO BUSY WITH ‘EVERYTHING’?

Then Kiek has an important lesson for you

To get straight to the point: don't forget yourself. Seriously. Of course, it's also important to think of others, but if you're rushing from appointment to appointment, with the phone glued to your ear like duct tape and even the bags under your eyes starting to create siblings, then you know something is not right. It's time for me-time.

Behold the step-by-step plan for relaxation:

Step 1: at least once a month a massage

Being out of this world for an hour, half drooling on the table at the massage parlor and really taking your moment. That should just be mandatory, right?

Step 2: a spontaneous vacation

May is also very good at that, and she can recommend it to everyone.

Step 3: that visit to the hairdresser

There's nothing better than having your hair done fabulously at a hairdresser on a random day. Then casually walking down the street with your good-looking hairstyle. That’s allowed too.

Step 4: cheat with calories on the couch

Buy that delicious little cake for yourself. That cake you really shouldn't buy for yourself. Let alone when you're all alone. Alright, so that cake, you're going to buy it. And eat it while watching your favorite series alone on the couch.

Step 5: say ‘no’ more often’

To friends who want to drink wine during the week when you're tired, to your phone, to too much work pressure, to doing things for someone else that take quite a bit of time, to obligations. It's so simple: just say ‘no’

Step 6: had a tough day?

Rush to the fanciest hotel in your area and order a large cup of coffee with cake. You get the candlesticks, piano music, silver coffee spoons, and sexy waiters for free.

Step 7: on a very busy day, this is also allowed...

Call a taxi. And enjoy watching your freezing companions at your daily bus stop as they pass by in the rain.

Step 8: a mani/pedi

There’s nothing a fresh manicure can’t fix. Gather a friend and chat for an hour while you get royal fluffy little hands and feet.

Still not zen after this? Oops, then you’re really in trouble and there's nothing else to do: back to step 1. How annoying...