From bread baking and exercising to meditation and Netflix, most of us found one or more ways to engage in acts of self-care during the first round of the global pandemic.

These activities helped us to manage our anxiety, alleviate stress, and invest in our well-being, and they served as a much-needed distraction from the disturbing news around us. Self-care activities also helped many of us find some balance while working from home, home-schooling our kids, or managing job loss, racial tensions, political upheaval, and more.

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