This could’ve been a voice note

Self-care used to mean rest. Now it feels like a routine, a checklist, and sometimes even a competition.In this episode of This Could’ve Been a Voice Note, we’re unpacking how self-care went from something simple and personal to something expensive, performative, and honestly… overwhelming.We’re talking about:how self-care became tied to spending moneythe pressure to keep up with routines and “soft life” aestheticsthe difference between actual healing and aesthetic self-carewhy doing more isn’t always making us feel betterIf self-care has ever felt like something you have to keep up with instead of something that actually helps you… this conversation is for you.Because at some point, self-care stopped being about taking care of yourself — and started feeling like pressure.