Self-care. How necessary is it? When you address the importance of your self-care, you are admitting that there are spaces and voids that you cannot fill by following your regular daily routine. It requires you to create a regimen – nothing special or elaborate – but the kind of regimen that establishes the necessary boundaries so that self-care becomes a normal way of life. We always use the reference of what we are told to do in the event of a plane crash, or in this instance - in case of a life crash - that you should place the oxygen mask on yourself first but how do you know when it's time to grab the mask if you don’t know that you’re crashing because crashing is the norm, and it feels more like you’re cruising? Let’s dive in.