how do you manage self care

I’ve had my puppy for 5 weeks now. I feel like each week does get easier, I’m learning, she’s learning. Both of us are figuring out this new life.

However, I think I am completely neglecting self-care. My job isn’t technically WFH but I’ve been working from home since I got her to help adjust and provide her the care she needs. So not having to commute for a long time, helps.

You can tell how stressed I’ve been by seeing how much Reddit posts I’ve created and comments I’ve made. Not trying to spam, but I’ve been home like 90% of the time since getting her and I just wanted to feel some sense of a community. That’s my current self-care.

I’m trying to actually spend more than 3 min getting ready in the morning, sleep more, and honestly the worst is I have been ultra hyper fixated on making sure she is trained and socializing appropriately.

I’m watching videos, working with a trainer once a week, searching on Google and ChatGbt, my whole life revolves around my puppy right now.

How do you manage to take care of yourself while you take care of your puppy? She is 14 weeks now and I want to enjoy this puppy phase because it’s short lived- but sometimes I wish I can just enjoy a bit more freedom again.