STOP IT.
Stop this:
Criticizing yourself
Judging yourself
Not sleeping enough
Not treating yourself
Not treating yourself well
Not eating well
Not taking care of your body
Looking after everyone else first
Not taking your desires and dreams seriously
Not having goals
Not taking steps towards your goals
Not living the life of your dreams
Not having any dreams
Not having a vision so big that your heart races and your palms sweat every time you think about it
Believing that you don’t deserve it (whatever “it” is for you)
Believing that you can’t have it (Ditto)
Believing that you’re not worthy or deserving
Believing that you’re not capable
Worrying about what everyone else thinks
Being a couch potato
Exercising too much
Exercising too little
Comparing yourself to others
Not believing in yourself
Believing all the lies you were told about yourself
Being mean to yourself
Regretting anything – you saw it differently back then
Not having any fun
Putting your life off until you lose weight, stop being anxious, get out of debt, fall in love, figure things out… (Fill in the blank)
Missing sunsets
Missing sunrises
Thinking that you have to… (Fill in the blank)
Thinking that you should… (Ditto)
Not thinking about what you really, really, really want
Not taking seriously what you really, really, really want
Choosing comfort, safety and security over challenge, fear and growth
Not doing things on your bucket list
Not having a bucket list
Taking other people’s crap
Giving other people your crap
Thinking that you have to be perfect
Waiting to be perfect
Striving to be perfect
Pretending that you’re not in pain
Not doing anything about your pain
Drowning your pain in your addiction
Needing to be right anytime but especially with the people you love
And do this instead:
Ask yourself what you really, really, really want and do something about it
Create a long bucket list
Dance
Love and respect yourself even if it feels weird, strange and uncomfortable
Believe in yourself
Eat chocolate
Meditate
Do yoga
Exercise
Really listen to how you talk to yourself
Show yourself some compassion
Save the whales, the environment, kids in crisis or whatever speaks to your heart
Get out there and show the world what you’ve got before it’s perfect
Play
Be grateful
Anything that makes your heart sing
Here’s a short (6 minute) video. I realize that it’s not always as easy as Bob Newhart makes it out to be. But sometimes it is. And hopefully it will make you laugh.
Click here to link to YouTube.