As someone who suffers from depression and anxiety I have never been particularly good at self-care. When I remember I swing in and out of it wildly with no consistency. I’ll do the occasional bath and face-mask or treat myself to a coffee out, or read a chapter of a book but the next day its gone again. And when I am feeling down one of the first things to go is food. I stop cooking for myself and exist on little food or lots of all the wrong food (cereal is my weakness). Its often the giveaway sign that I am not doing as well as I might appear (or say) or even as well as I myself might think I am doing. With all the changes this year I haven’t been cooking for myself much (which normally means I am not eating particularly well or healthily) and I am finding it a hard habit to get back into, especially cooking for just me. And that really highlights a fact that I am coming to realize – I don’t treat myself as well as I treat other people. I don’t offer myself the kindness or care that I offer to my friends and family (and which i give without hesitation). One of the things I would really like is to reignite my love of food, especially through cooking creatively. Along with eating out and experiencing new places I am going to post recipes and meals that I make for myself.