Hi dearest lovelies,
I hope that you've had an incredible day so far and hope it only gets even better.
So welcome to this week's Lovely Monday Motivation.
This week's self-love tip is to contemplate how you will not only celebrate wins,
But also how you'll celebrate all of the steps that you're taking every day to get closer to your wins.
Sometimes our minds can get so wrapped up in a distant future,
Thinking about how great it would be if only we had this thing that we want so badly.
When we do that,
We are really pulling ourselves away from the present moment and the groundedness that will eventually take us to that place.
Come back to the present moment,
Celebrate the progress that you are making.
Sometimes we can put so much pressure on ourselves for everything that we do.
When I first began writing blogs,
I put pressure on myself to write one full blog every single day.
I got so burnt out from that.
I put so much pressure on myself that I began to not even enjoy what I was doing in the first place.
I realized that something had to change and so I shifted my view from being that I had to achieve this one big thing every day to the perspective of as long as I'm getting closer to my goals.
Hi Denise.
Then as long as I have gotten closer to my goals today,
Then this day has been successful.
So rather than focusing on necessarily intangible outcome of what I need to do,
I made it something much more digestible,
Something that is less pressure and feels better.
It's so understandable to want to be so much further than where you are.
That can actually be a good thing.
It exemplifies that you are passionate about your personal development and growth.
So that's a good thing.
The key here is figuring out how to do that and be that in a way that is positively constructive for you and works with you and is not exhausting you.
Here are a few ideas that I've come up with that I suggest that and I suggest that you come up with your own.
So you can cook a good meal.
You can paint your nails,
Wash your hair,
Take a bath.
Tell yourself that you're doing incredible and acknowledge your hard work.
Take a deep and pleasurable breath and get in your body.
Allow yourself to take a break and come up with your own.
I would love to hear what else you come up with.
My self-love question this week comes from Scott.
He asked,
When pivoting career directions,
How does one stay confident in their course?
Thank you so much for asking this question,
Scott.
The first thing that comes to mind for me is to remember why you started.
What is motivating you to make this change?
And when it gets hard,
What keeps you motivated?
Usually when people are doing something for someone else,
That can be a really powerful motivator.
Sometimes doing things only for material gain or your own ego can be exhausting.
I recommend creating a list of 21 reasons why you want this so much and really dig deep inside yourself.
Another thing that I recommend is to have a definite outcome goal and action plan.
If you aren't 1000% sure where you are going,
It will be a lot harder to be confident in your course.
When you know what your outcome goal is,
You're able to plan out what will take you there.
I recently purchased a best self journal where it is a 13 week tracker.
You begin with 3 outcome goals,
Then digest those into weeks,
Then into days.
I highly recommend it.
All of these actions are tied to your outcome goal.
Good questions to ask yourself everyday are,
Who do I want to become and what can I do to get to where I want to go?
Lastly,
I'm not sure what your faith is or what it looks like,
But honestly,
I feel that the biggest thing for me is trusting in God to help me.
A lot of people feel called in their hearts to do something and aren't sure how to get there.
That calling is your purpose.
You were born with special gifts and talents to help you achieve that.
When you're living out your purpose for the highest good of all,
God definitely wants to help you.
Trust and believe in that.
Also,
When you feel that God is supporting you,
You will come from a place of abundance.
This is important because the energy that you go into your work dictates a lot.
Energy can be felt by others,
You just can't really hide it.
The more that you work from a place of love and abundance,
The better that work will feel for you and the better results that you will yield.
The last thing that I want to mention is to figuratively take the stairs.
For example,
Rather than focusing on instant gratification or sales,
Whatever it is that you do,
Try to focus more on creating and nurturing meaningful connections that will eventually lead to much bigger and better sales for the both of you.
I hope this was helpful and if it was,
Please share it with someone who could benefit from learning this information.
Much love and I'll talk to you next week.
