Mid Year Self Care Check in: Celebrate your milestones

Hey Bosschiques,


We are at the midyear mark and our main question is how are you taking care of yourself. As you crash those goals, and slay those business steps are you taking time to breathe, relax recuperate? I find it very important that we celebrate our milestones when we are mid point and here are reasons why it is important to do so:

1. It's good for your self esteem and mental health: Yes! It is important to celebrate your milestones and achievements because sometimes the mid year can either make one feel good or unaccomplished. But if you take the time to jot down the goals you have accomplished so far, it gives you the boost you need for the rest of the year. Also writing things down you find out that there are some things you accomplished that probably weren't even on your goals list for the year!

2. It helps your community understand the importance of celebrating milestones: Too often we like to get into the next moment, or the next thing, but what if sometimes we just took he time to slow down and just be more present? This is what celebrating your milestones at the mid year mark does, it allows you to reflect and just relish in the moments.

3. It helps you identify your strengths as you move into the second half of the year: We all know we sometimes need that extra push as we head into the second half of the year. Well celebrating your milestones will help you identify what you accomplished, how you did it and the people who helped you do it. It helps you tune into your strengths, your community as well as your focus. Being able to identify the strengths that made you accomplish the goal will allow you to leverage those strengths as you move into the new year.

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4.It helps you prioritize: Celebrating your milestones will give you a sense of what you were able to accomplish which in turn all help you focus on what rem

ains to be accomplished for the year as well as it gives you insight on utilizing similar systems on how to smash out the rest of your year.

I hope these tips have been helpful for you. I am someone who is big on selfceare for women entrepreneurs and I constantly push us to think of the concept of selfceare in concrete ways.

I wish you a great rest of the year and continue watching this space for more inspirational and concrete content to help you remain inspired and educated in achieving your goals.

Community Building & Self Care Reimagined: A Spotlight on Dawa Apothecary

This month we focus on Community building and wellness as a practice of building authentic relationships. We will focus brands and individuals who do this within their work as a way of bringing positivity and upliftment to women of color. One of the brands whose work we admire is Dawa Apothecary a brand founded by Sulafa Said Silim. 

Sulafa Silim

With over 13 years of exploring identity through varying lenses, Sulafa has always been interested in the intersection between identity, self image and creativity. Working internationally as a Digital Producer & Manager— she is a digital expert with a passion for storytelling, technology and digital innovation working across sectors including nonprofits, education and advertising. She is currently entering her next adventure as a creative entrepreneur exploring the intersection of gender, race and culture focusing on health and wellness with her company, Dawa Apothecary. 

Workshop at Dawa Apothecary

Dawa Apothecary is a borderless health and wellness social club that hosts curated events aimed to bring women of color into the fold of the self care conversation. We look forward to future collaborations with Sulafa and her brand in the near future. Stay tuned.

Maintaining Your Joy & Handling end of year stress

As the end of the year comes closer to an end, it can be very easy for one to become overwhelmed and stressed out. We know the feeling, but the key is re-visiting your yearly plan to ensure you are checking off those things you said you wanted to take care of, and not losing your cool if you don't get to everything. We wanted to share 3 tips on how we try our best to balance what we call "year end crase". 

1. Review your annual strategic plan and prioritize 

Reviewing your plan can be overwhelming but we always advise Bosschiques to do quarterly reviews of what they set out to do and adjust appropriately. You know what you can handle and only you know the types of challenges that have come your way. It is never too late to review your plan at times seeing all of the things you set out to accomplish getting those check marks can alleviate some anxiety. In addition to the things you have accomplished, there may be those you haven't. Don't panic, simply prioritize, being that you have 3 months left for the year to roll out, 

2. Remember everyone has a different year plan:

For us here at WCA our year begins on international women's month in march and ends in march. This means we usually don't go so much with the mainstream year end crase when it comes to projects and deliverables  and it helps us stay focused. 

3. Reward yourself by taking a self-care check in:

You all know how big we are on self care. We advise that you do something a bit different this time of the year than your usual self care. If you can manage a short getaway trip and you don't usually do those take one! If you can take that hot yoga class at the gym instead of just taking cycling classes do so! Try and do something different to take care of self and you will have a non routine and mundane experience which should help re-energize you to finish strong. 

4. Rely on your sisterhood and support networks: 
Sometimes it takes a quick phone call, lunch, hangout to get us out of our stressful zones. Even when things seem overwhelming we know the power of hanging out with some of our girlfriends, and just a touch base and how much of an impact that can have on reducing our stress levels. So make love & sisterhood evenings a thing!

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