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THE WEEKLY ROUTINE

Here’s your weekly routine, built around two simple practices — a daily check-in and a weekly reflection.

The daily side takes under three minutes. Each day opens with a different reflection prompt — not a task, just a question worth sitting with for a moment. Then you log your mood, your energy level, six simple self-care actions, and one honest sentence about the day. That last one is the most important part. Not how your child is doing. How you are doing.

The weekly view tracks your seven days at a glance, shows your average energy and how many self-care actions you completed across the week, and gives you space for three deeper reflection questions — what was hardest, what you did well, and who supported you. It closes with a single intention for the coming week, which keeps the focus small and achievable rather than overwhelming.

A few thoughts on making this stick:

  • Pick a consistent time. Morning works well if you want to set your day with intention. Bedtime works well if you need to process before you can sleep. The specific time matters less than the consistency.
  • The self-care checkboxes are designed to catch the basics that caregivers most commonly skip — eating, hydrating, taking their own medications, getting outside, connecting with someone, and resting. If you’re checking fewer than three of those on most days, that’s your signal to ask for more support, not to try harder on your own.
  • The weekly reflection questions are worth doing on Sunday evenings if possible — before the new week begins, not after it’s already in motion. Even five minutes with those three questions will tell you more about how you’re actually doing than a month of rushing through days without pausing.

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Weekly self-care check-in
A gentle daily ritual — under 3 minutes. Honest answers only. Your responses are saved privately in your browser.
Today's reflection prompt
Running on empty Full tank 5
Ate a real meal
Drank enough water
Took my own medications
Got fresh air or movement
Connected with someone I love
Had a moment of rest
Saved.
What was the hardest moment this week?
What is one thing you did well for yourself?
Who supported you this week, and did you tell them thank you?