Author: Aisha Cantu

Between working a nine to five job and keeping in touch with friends and family, there is always something we all tend to put on the backburner which is our own wellbeing. We often make time for phone calls to our family and work meetings but we always put aside important factors that concern our wellbeing such as getting a cold treated by the doctor or taking a breather after a long week of busy work days.

If you’re someone who lives a very busy life and you tend to forget your own wellbeing, you can start taking better care of yourself by planning a pamper day where you get to block off all of the calls and the notifications and you get to read a favorite book while soaking your body in a bath full of bath salts and fragrant products.

The tips to planning a perfect pamper day is listed below:

Block all distractions

You can start off your pamper day by switching off your phone and putting away electronics or any gadgets that will distract you during your pamper day so block all access to society and start your day by brewing yourself a hot tea from when you ordered organic tea online. If you’re more of a coffee person, you can definitely opt for a cup of coffee to give you that boost of energy to last you throughout the day.

Spend on yourself

Something that we might come to realize once we are fully fledged adults is that we will rarely have time to buy things for ourselves, you will constantly be paying your rent and your electricity bills and you will always feel too guilty to splurge on anything so on your pamper day, sit down by your laptop and get some online shopping done so if you want to buy tea online with a different flavors available or buy a favorite dress from your favorite online shopping site, you should definitely go for it because you deserve to spend on yourself after spending years and years behind a desk and working a nine to five job.

Take a bath

Nothing feels as good as soaking your tired and exhausted body in a bath tub filled to the brim with hot water and bath salts and other fragrant bath products so get all of your favorite bath products out of the drawers and have yourself a relaxing bath.

Take care of your skin

Working a nine to five job will probably mean that you will never have time to even cook meals for yourself so even the idea of lathering on some skin care products will seem like such a luxury so take advantage of your free time and let these products soak into your skin and moisturize your whole body.

Once in a while, we meet someone who we might be genuinely interested in or attracted to. It might be from just a glance, or from just a word; but you know you’ll find them more interesting if you get to know them better. But being interested in someone, and getting to know them is not the same. In fact, people now-a-days tend to be quite reserved until they really get to know someone. Here are a few things you can do to get to know someone in a fun and effective way.

Keeping it unofficial and string free – the best way to get to know someone, is by ensuring that they are comfortable. Most people are comforted by food, and open up better over a meal. Choose from among your favorite burger restaurants or coffee shops, and plan for a light, “no strings attached” meetup. This works perfectly for first dates too, as it gives you both the “freedom” of leaving whenever you’d want.

Choosing a topic that interests them – whether you’re grabbing your meal at family run diners or top restaurants with fine dining, the best way to get someone to open up, is by talking about something that interests them. In fact, we’d say it’s one of the prettiest ways of getting to know someone, as most people become animated and “come alive” when talking about their passions. Make sure to really pay attention to the words, rather than forming your next question.

Exploring a new place together – being uncertain about something generally tends to make people uncomfortable. But if you’re both facing an unfamiliar situation or exploring a new place together for the very first time, there’s no need or room for being uncomfortable. This can be anything from exploring a neighborhood town or starting up an unfamiliar sport together.

Playing the tour guide in a familiar place – like we mentioned before, people tend to open up and come alive when talking about what interests them. If you’re new to town and getting to know someone from said town, ask them to be your tour guide. Visit their favorite places. This can be done even if neither of you are new to town. Seeing the same old places that you’ve always known through someone else’s eyes can be a revelation.

A little childish fun – there’s something about the innocence of childhood that leaves no space for awkwardness or shyness. If you want to get to know someone stress free, consider doing something childish with them. Play at the arcade, swing by the playground or engage in a water/snow fight. Trust us, the laughter will melt away any ice…!

Are you someone who often feels buried in work and family commitments? Do you feel like you hardly get to properly spend time with your friends anymore? Do you want to change that? If we got an enthusiastic yes from you as a reply to our questions, then the below is just for you…

Meet for coffee and a bite

Let’s face, most of us are actually too busy to have a proper gettogether. Work commitments and growing family responsibilities are usually the reason for this. More often than not, we tend to have just a meetup, and that too in broken groups. For a meetup like this, rather than a bar, cafes and diners are the best. You can squeeze in your meetup during your lunch break at work, or after work, before heading home for the day.

Do a more formal meal

If it’s a friend you haven’t caught up with in a while, or if you already do the whole “meeting up briefly” before work or at the lunch break scene before, then a more formal, and proper meal might be called for. Reserve a table at your favorite sky bar in Bangkok, and catch up with them while fine dining. Even if it’s not at a high-end place, if the food is good and the mood feels right, then it’s hard to get wrong. What’ll be more fun, is if you can find a place neither of you have ever been to before; making this your experience together.

Do something meaningful

If you frequently meetup with your friends at restaurants or a Bangkok dim sum place, then the above suggestions might not be very appealing to you. After all, food is food, and there’s so much that you can speak at a public place. If you want to do something more meaningful, try volunteering together. Most soup kitchens are generally understaffed, and can always do with a little extra help. If your locality has a soup kitchen you’d like to volunteer at, suggest your idea to your friends. If all fails, a lazy day in and a sleepover If you’re having a busy schedule or a hectic time at work, the last thing you would feel like doing is going out or working more. If your friend or friends too feel the same, consider inviting your friends over for a casual night in. Cook together, watch a movie or chill to some relaxing music together, and fall asleep in a pile on the couch. Remember to ask them to bring their work clothes (if they are working the next day) so that they don’t have to rush home in the morning to get to work on time…