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Hedonic self-care involves activities that we find pleasurable. A massage or a nap or time spent with dear friends.\xa0

Eudaimonic self-care includes those things we do not necessarily because they are pleasurable in the moment, but because they support our goals and objectives.\xa0 Things like getting our teeth cleaned, or doing meal prep ahead of a busy week, or spending time and money on a therapist or hiring a health coach.\xa0

You could easily get the impression that eudaimonic self-care is better or more virtuous than hedonic self-care. But this is not the case. And I don\u2019t want you to forsake hedonic self-care as lesser than.

Key Takeaways

1. Try to maintain a balance between those things you do because they make you feel good in the moment and those things you do because they contribute to your long term well-being. Both are important to a fulfilling life.
2. Cramming in a lot of peak experiences doesn\u2019t guarantee that you\u2019ll look back on your life and feel it was well-lived.\xa0
3. One way to waste time is to spend it doing things that don\u2019t really matter. But another way to waste time is to spend it living for an imaginary future.\xa0
4. Whether hedonic or eudaimonic, if it comes at the expense of your mental, physical, or financial wellbeing, it doesn\u2019t qualify as true self-care.

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Episode 80: Rescuing Self-care from Consumer Culture

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