9. Dessert for dinner
By the time you’re done with these comfort food dessert recipes, you won’t even have room for dinner. Or as Dr. Jane Greer, New York-based marriage and sex therapist and author of What About Me? Stop Selfishness from Ruining Your Relationship, justifies, “Eating dessert for dinner is a way to give yourself a treat and enjoy something you really love without too many calories — it balances out since you eliminated the rest of the meal.”
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10. Netflix marathon
An evening of uninterrupted, not-for-kids Netflix is worth its weight in gold. (Especially when there’s just enough time to catch up on Orange Is the New Black before Season 4 drops on June 17.)
11. Wine and a bubble bath
Feel guilty about wasting an entire day on yourself? O’Connor sums it up nicely: “I love modeling self-care for my children — it shows them it is important to respect yourself, that everyone is important and needs to thrive. Taking the time to treat oneself respectfully builds self-esteem — just as important as modeling care for others. Life is about balance.”
Updated by Bethany Ramos on 4/12/2016
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