We all need some “Me Time”, and for different people this can signify different things. For me, “Me Time” strictly means that I’m not peeling off my sumptuously soft pyjamas all day! I’m reading, I’m Netflixing, I’m (maybe) doing some household chores, I’m doing me! For some, this can also mean partaking in a little retail therapy, meeting with friends and family, catching a movie, practising yoga or pilates, or even having a spa day.
Personally, I’ve never enjoyed so called “Spa Days”, I never really understood what was so enjoyable or relaxing about it. I understand the beautifully serene spa surroundings, but I don’t understand the part where I have to walk around it in a bathrobe and slippers, going from an extremely hot room where it’s supposed to be healthy for me to sweat, then going into another where it’s freezing cold (this is apparently also healthy), and then another where I’m surrounded by salt (again, it’s also supposed to be healthy). Then, and this is the clincher, I’m to enjoy a massage which is supposed to “unwind” me (it actually winds me up further), where the therapist chooses the oils according to their scent, which always, and I mean always end up giving me back acne! So I leave, completely mystified as to why this is supposed to be “enjoyable” and with a strong sense that I will have back acne the next day.