SunHill
Full Member
At the start of the year I made a promise to myself, a sort of resolution if you will, that this year I'd start being kind to myself.
In short, this covers everything from actually going to the doctors when something is wrong rather than ignoring it, following up on appointments that I should (like the dentist who I avoid where possible!), stop procrastinating and do stuff as it arrives rather than dreading and dwelling on it and making it worse in my head, treating myself to things that aren't food, giving myself a little pamper & actually using the skin/face things I buy rather than looking at them from shelves/cupboards, going to places and doing things I want to go to rather than 'eh... there will be people there. best not!' and so on and so forth!
It's safe to say I've been more than little rubbish at this so far and so and it needs to change! From people I've spoken to in real life I'm not the only one to be too hard on myself so I'm hoping that this little thread might help inspire some others to do the same like a sort of form of therapy and boost our morale and in turn boost our willpower too!
Please feel free to post little things you've done just for you! They can be as big or as small as you like - for example 'I did my admin that i'd been putting off so it's not hanging over me like it has been for three months', 'I had a lie in until 11 today and did absolutely nothing!' to 'i booked myself onto an evening class for something i've been wanting to learn for years' 'I've booked myself a holiday/weekend away because i deserve it!'
Today I found two gorgeous dresses at the charity shop, one being a Dorothy Perkins Maxi dress that was brand new (and the ticket said it was £42 new!). I got both of them for £8 all in - bargain! I'm going to make a concerted effort to dress properly rather than jeans and hide! Because of that, I've also given my jewellery (largely costume jewellery cheap from aliexpress haha!) a going over with some warm soapy water and scrubbed and polished it all up too - I am going to blind everyone with the bling as I pass I think
In short, this covers everything from actually going to the doctors when something is wrong rather than ignoring it, following up on appointments that I should (like the dentist who I avoid where possible!), stop procrastinating and do stuff as it arrives rather than dreading and dwelling on it and making it worse in my head, treating myself to things that aren't food, giving myself a little pamper & actually using the skin/face things I buy rather than looking at them from shelves/cupboards, going to places and doing things I want to go to rather than 'eh... there will be people there. best not!' and so on and so forth!
It's safe to say I've been more than little rubbish at this so far and so and it needs to change! From people I've spoken to in real life I'm not the only one to be too hard on myself so I'm hoping that this little thread might help inspire some others to do the same like a sort of form of therapy and boost our morale and in turn boost our willpower too!
Please feel free to post little things you've done just for you! They can be as big or as small as you like - for example 'I did my admin that i'd been putting off so it's not hanging over me like it has been for three months', 'I had a lie in until 11 today and did absolutely nothing!' to 'i booked myself onto an evening class for something i've been wanting to learn for years' 'I've booked myself a holiday/weekend away because i deserve it!'
Today I found two gorgeous dresses at the charity shop, one being a Dorothy Perkins Maxi dress that was brand new (and the ticket said it was £42 new!). I got both of them for £8 all in - bargain! I'm going to make a concerted effort to dress properly rather than jeans and hide! Because of that, I've also given my jewellery (largely costume jewellery cheap from aliexpress haha!) a going over with some warm soapy water and scrubbed and polished it all up too - I am going to blind everyone with the bling as I pass I think
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