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This year is leap year and we get an extra day. How are you using yours? If you haven't planned something special, or aren't doing something you normally don't have time for, this tip is for you. No one says our extra day has to be February 29 every fourth year. After all it is an extra day in the year 2012. So, how about picking out another day in the year as your special day? I hope your day will be fun for you. I also hope it will be enlightening. Start by spending some time thinking about what would comprise a perfect day for you. While perfection is rarely attainable, think of this as a fantasy. You might let it percolate in your mind for a while but at some poi  nt be sure to write down a description including the following:
- List hour by hour how you will spend your time
- Where will you be?
- Who will you be with? or will you spend part or all of it in solitude?
- What will you wear?
- What will you eat or drink?
- What "things" will you have with you?
- What mood(s) or emotions will you experience?
It is often not practical or realistic to live your perfect day completely. Yet, how about building some of its components into one day this year? I hope you will give yourself that day. I also hope that you will gain some insight into what goes into a good day for you. Even if you can't do it all every day, you can add those things one by one into the days you have yet to live.
Self care is being mindful of how you would like to spend your days and then finding ways to incorporate the characteristic(s) of your perfect day into an average one.
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