Valentine’s Day is coming quickly. Sometimes it feels like a to do list rather than a Holiday to celebrate. Valentine boxes and treats for school: check. Treat for kids or fancy dinner for kids: check. Something for my husband: check. And in the end you feel more tired and exhausted than before you started.
Holidays can be a lot of work that can leave us feeling drained. What if you gave yourself a gift that kept on giving this year. What if you came up with 25 reasons you love yourself.
Get out a piece of paper and start brainstorming. No idea is a stupid one. To help get your creative juices going here is mine. Remeber the goal isn’t too love me, so make your list unique to you.
My List of Reasons I Love Myself
- Blue eyes
- Mom of four
- Detail oriented
- Able to pick a project apart into small chunks and then do them
- Good cook
- Loves Netflix
- Likes to go for walks
- Learning to enjoy exercising
- Deciding what I believe within my faith tradition
- Learned to decrease the amount of yelling I do
- Advocates for my special needs kids
- Show my kids what its like to be human
- Enjoys dancing to upbeat music
- Loves quiet time
- Loves hearing laughter
- Organized
- Kind
- Good listener
- Loyal
- Learning to treat my body well
- Loves learning about how our brains work
- Learning to take time to rest and recover
- Loves to learn new things
- Has a body that supported me thru four hard pregnancies
- Has a body and brain that work properly
Sometimes if we aren’t in the practice of loving ourselves, making this list can seem extremelly hard. Start with a smaller number if you need to. Pick a number that stretches you but is achievable. If you really are having a hard time coming up with a list, schedule a free consult call with me. I can help you build this muscle of self love back up.
Until Next Time
-Keira
