And do it often.
Today in the U.S. it’s a day to be thankful and grateful. We’re taught to be thankful for others and the things we have. While this is a wonderful practice, we don’t usually get to focus enough on being thankful and grateful to ourselves and who we are. I believe we could be well-served to do this more often!
Thank yourself for showing up every day, even when you don’t want to sometimes.
Thank yourself for figuring things out and solving problems.
Thank yourself for making mistakes and learning from them.
Thank yourself for what you do for others.
Thank yourself for earning your income.
Thank yourself for paying your rent or mortgage.
Thank yourself for waking up early to go to the gym.
Thank yourself for choosing to sleep in.
Thank yourself for choosing the healthier option.
Thank yourself for indulging sometimes.
Thank yourself for aspiring to more.
Thank yourself for doing hard things.
Thank yourself for supporting yourself.
Thank yourself for your desires.
Thank yourself for choosing kindness.
Thank yourself for being good enough.
Thank yourself for being you.
Thank yourself for becoming more of who you want to be.
Thanking ourselves can change our relationship with ourselves. Even if the above seem aspirational, we get to be here each day and aspire to more for ourselves. If we want to, we get to choose how we show up for ourselves and for our lives. We can choose to keep doing more of the same. We can choose to try something different and new. We can be intentional. We can choose on purpose.
Your turn: Do you feel worthy and deserving of your own thanks and gratitude directed towards yourself? How might thanking yourself more often change your relationship with yourself? What specifically would you like to remember to thank yourself for each day? Consider choosing life coaching to thank yourself.
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