In our daily lives, it's pretty amazing how we can push ourselves to the backburner while we tend to our various roles in life. By taking care of yourself, you're really making yourself better equipped to take on those roles and be the best that you can be.
Taking care of yourself means saying no to:
- always letting others' needs take priority
- allowing have-to's dominate your life
- losing motivation
- being a yes (wo)man
- feeling guilty about making your weight-loss efforts a priority
Take a moment and examine your life. Is your schedule filled with things that you are doing for other people constantly? Where's the "me" time? Is your motivation taking a dive? Do you have to schedule 3 months in advance to do something nice for yourself? If you answered yes to any of these, it's time to step back for a moment and find something that you can do for yourself. Can you ask for help? Is there someone in your life who can help relieve you of some of your duties? Or are things going to calm down soon? What can you do to make yourself a priority?
In my meeting this week I ended with the quote "no day, but today" from the musical Rent. I told my members to make today count and really start taking care of themselves. As someone who leads a very busy life, this is something I need to remind myself of constantly and this meeting topic couldn't have come at a better time. This week I encourage you to also Take Care of Yourself by saying yes to:
- Valuing your own needs (as much as you value the needs of others)
- Making time to do activities you love
- Finding the motivation to work towards your goals
- Learning to say no to requests that will get in the way of commitments you've made for yourself
- Saying goodbye to guilt
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