25 Summer Self Care Ideas For Single Women

Looking for the best self care ideas to help you feel refreshed and confident for the summer? This self care guide has everything you need to kickstart your glow-up journey!

Whether you’re new to self care activities or looking to upgrade your self care routine, this article will give you some ideas to start with. Here you’ll find fun self care things to do that will start unfolding a new side of you.

However, please remember that self care isn’t a quick fix. It’s just something that makes you happy on a daily basis. What you do in your daily routine will also affect what kind of life you’ll live in the future.

By the end of this post, you’ll have your summer self-care routine list. If you really determined to make them part of your life, you’ll have new self care habits.

This post is all about the best self care ideas every single woman needs to live their best life!

What is Self Care?

Self care refers to the activities and practices that nurture your mind, body, and soul.

It’s about taking intentional steps to care for yourself to make sure you stay sane in this crazy world we live in.

Please note that self care isn’t selfish, it’s just an effort to make sure you make time for yourself.

With so much adulting stuff in our daily list, taking care of yourself can fall into the backburner without you even realizing it.

Self care doesn’t always mean splurging on yourself or messing up your budget. Sometimes, the best self care is free—like sharing a carefree laugh with friends and family or giving yourself the gift of eight hours of sleep and waking up naturally, without an alarm.

Why Self Care is Important?

Self care is important to make sure you have a balanced life.

Imagine if you have a demanding job and you never take time to slow down and unwind. Even if you have a lot of money, you’ll not feel happy and always feel there’s something missing in your life.

When you take time for yourself, you reduce stress, feel appreciated, think more clearly, and feel more in control of your life. 

For single women, self-care activities are important to make you feel love. If you love and respect yourself, you’ll not make decisions based on what’s best for you.

Don’t be like someone I know in real life who married the first woman he met in the club and now he’s stuck in an unhappy marriage. All just because he felt lonely and brokenhearted because his ex was about to marry someone else.

Or a friend of a friend who gets herself into credit card debt for a fancy vacation she can’t afford because she just got through a nasty divorce.

Now you understand why self care is important and it’s not about being spoiled.

If you ignore your self care, be prepared to deal with the consequences!

5 Types of Self Care Every Single Woman Can Do This Summer

1. Physical Self Care Routine

• Stay hydrated by drinking plenty of water.
• Use sunscreen daily to protect your skin.
• Incorporate stretching or light exercises in the morning.
• Book a summer haircut to refresh your look.
• Treat yourself to a relaxing bath with essential oils.

2. Emotional Self Care Ideas

• Limit social media scrolling to avoid comparison traps.
• Write down three things you’re grateful for each day.
• Practice deep breathing or mindfulness for 10 minutes.
• Journal your feelings to process emotions.
• Watch feel-good movies or listen to uplifting music.

3. Spiritual Self Care Activities

• Meditate in nature to connect with yourself.
• Read inspirational or spiritual books.
• Practice yoga to calm your mind and body.
• Ask for direction from a higher power you believe in.
• Create a vision board for personal growth.

4. Social Self Care Habits

• Catch up with friends and family.
• Join a local community to expand your social circle.
• Volunteer for a cause you care about.
• Plan a fun outing, like visiting a museum or market.
• Do random kindness to others with zero expectations.

5. Professional Self-Care Routine List

• Set clear work boundaries to avoid burnout.
• Check-in with your emotions within your busy day.
• Update your resume or LinkedIn profile.
• Learn a new skill or enroll in a summer course.
• Organize your workspace for a fresh start.

How to Use This Self Care Routine as Single Women: 5 Best Practices

This article will be useless if you don’t take action toward it. Unfortunately, seeing 25 summer self care ideas and doing all of them will make you overwhelmed in no time.

So, to avoid that, here are five practical tips for you:

1. Pick What Feels Right for You
   Start with picking one activity you like the most in this list.

Let’s say you pick: no working after 5 pm.

Feel free to choose another activity if you don’t like any activity from this list.

2. Start Small and Build Momentum
   Let’s continue with an example you want to stop working at 5 pm.

Mark your calendar each day you successfully stop working at 5 pm. Or you can use a habit tracker in Canva.

Then, after “no working after 5 pm” becomes part of your life, pick another activity.

You will start very slow in changing your life by doing this, but your chance to keep going will be higher. After all, to change your life, taking baby steps always outperforms taking a big leap.

3. Schedule Self-Care Like Any Other Priority
   Life can get busy, and self-care can easily fall through the cracks. That’s why you need to set a reminder in your calendar to make sure you’re doing it.

Putting your self-care time into your calendar sends a clear signal to your brain that it’s a priority. Instead of treating it as “It’s nice if it happens,” you’ll approach it with the mindset of “I will make it happen.”

So, if you want to stop working at 5 pm, set a reminder at 4.30 pm that you need to wrap the day soon.

4. Be Flexible and Kind to Yourself
   But let’s be real, there will be days you can’t stop working at 5 pm. Or you fail to do other self care activities like miss a workout or skip journaling.

Don’t beat yourself up.

Bruss it off and keep moving.

Self care isn’t about perfection, it’s about showing up for yourself because you respect yourself.

Ask yourself, “Why did I fail?”

What needs to be adjusted to ensure it doesn’t happen again in the future?

Doing a self-reflection like this is more productive because you will end up with new ideas rather than talk down to yourself.

5. Reflect on How You Feel and Adjust Accordingly
   At the end of the day, we do self care to feel good. So, from time to time, don’t forget to check in with your feelings.

The last thing you want is this self care become part of your daily chore.

Listen to what your heart says. Maybe you want to try a new activity (yoga is boring you want to try kickboxing instead), or you’re too tired to work out every day and only twice a week feels better to you.

Lean toward it.

Self care isn’t a productivity competition so it’s not about doing more. It’s about doing what makes you feel best.

My Personal Story: How My Self Care Routine Healed My Broken Heart

My last broken heart was at 35.

That was the 3rd time I had a broken heart in my adult life, not counting the scattered heart (1000x worse than a broken heart) I had when my mom left me when I was 15.

The biggest lesson I learned from my broken heart journey is you need to give yourself what you need.

Let me give you an example.

Back then, I desperately want someone to love me. I learned to say, “I love you” to myself by looking at my eyes in the mirror.

Yes, it’s super cringe!

I cried when the first time I did that. For the first time in my life, I feel like I accept myself the way I am. No matter what struggle I have in my life now, I already do my best.

I feel so proud of 15-year-old Anggi who showed her big smile to the world, acted brave even though her mom left her, and still believes big things waiting for her in the future.

Anggi, you’re amazing and I love you!

That little self care moment of saying I love you in the mirror gave me a new perspective on life. Now, saying I love you and other affirmations become part of my daily life.

This Self Care Guide Will Help You Glow Up This Summer

Summer is the perfect season to refresh your routine and glow up your life. After all, who can feel down when you soak yourself in the warmth of the sun?

Remember that the changes you make this summer can set the tone for the rest of your year.

Be prepared to feel weird in the beginning because our brain doesn’t like change. If making changes is as easy as snapping a finger, everybody will do it.

Trus the process and take your first step toward a balanced life long-term.

Your new you is waiting for you in the corner!