Yes, I know how that sounds. We were taught not to dwell on ourselves. Loving ourselves and thinking of ourselves first is frowned upon. Put others first. That is how most of us were programmed to live. That couldn’t be more wrong.
Think about the logistics of that. If we always put others first and ourselves last, just how long do you think we, ourselves, will last? With no self-love and very little self-care, not very long. Not as long as we’d like to be able to be a part of our children’s and grandchildren’s lives.
February has always been about showing love to others, but here at Koko I like us to focus on ourselves for the month. Here are a few ways to do this:
- Commit. Develop an exercise schedule for yourself and commit to seeing it through for the whole month.
- Adopt an attitude of no negative self-talk. Treat yourself with kindness and respect. In any diet/exercise plan mistakes will be made. Changing behavior cannot happen without them. Missteps are the building blocks of learning new things. The so called “falling off the wagon” is the greatest insight to finding out how we truly process new learning.
- Realize you must take your journey step by step. You need to spend some time learning about yourself in relation to food and exercise before you can make changes. And when you do make changes, they need to be in small increments so you can absorb them.
With that said, I beg you to take great care of yourself this month. Celebrate success with non-scale victories. Eat well. Exercise regularly. Get some extra rest and sleep. Take a yoga class. February is a short month, so let’s start today!
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