This year I will love myself a little more
We are already in 2021 and its time to follow the trend, the trend of promising yourself something new, the trend of pushing yourself to a new beginning, the trend of posting something new in social media, the trend of taking a New Year resolution. I know I am running late by 6 days but as they say, it’s never too late to mend, and I decided to mend a little and will try to influence you a little, with this article.
The entire social media is flooded with different New year resolutions. While some people are doing a copy paste without understanding the meaning (like “Finding a sugar daddy”), and others having major fitness goals, I decided to add my bit of it. Some of the most common resolutions I found are losing weight, sleeping more, focus on career, being positive, staying active and this year’s special: staying Covid free. Weight loss tops among all.
While talking to a colleague of mine, it made me think, what should be my 2021 resolution where all fits into one, and the only thought which came to my mind is why don’t I love my self a little more this year. Ok this is a nice thought but how do I do that, how I do I make sure that I am loving myself and how do I measure this little more thing!
So here you go: Keep yourself on top priority, define your own happiness, push away negative thoughts, know your worth and do not allow anyone else to do it for you.
Take care of yourself…have fun by yourself….travel….make a bucket list…forgive yourself for your mistake…start reading a book…give yourself a break….learn how to love yourself by saying no to others.
You can also encourage people around you to love themselves. If I see around, I am closely surrounded by people of different age groups, and I love to observe how they are treating themselves and their happiness. Lets see their behavior based on my observation:
Children (0–10 years): This is the age group who love themselves like anything without a selfish behavior. Few days back I asked my 7 year old kid: who do you love most in the family and I was amazed by her reply, she said “I love everyone but most of all I love myself”. I strongly believe every single human being in this world should try to be like a child when it comes to their own happiness.
Teen agers (10–20 years): In today’s world, teen age doesn’t really start at Thirteen but much earlier than that. This is the most vulnerable stage. From outside it looks like people in this group love themselves but that’s not true, they are highly pressurized by their peers. How to look, what to eat, what to like, what to watch, what to read, their peers drive everything. They hardly think about themselves and love the way they are. This is the age group, which needs strong guidance without getting offensive with them.
Youngsters (20–30 years): A decade back, this age group used to be very responsible and sensible but now I found this as the most care-free age. I personally believe it is good to be carefree and live life in your terms, you just need to make sure to love yourself and do whatever is good for your own sake, which I feel is missing.
Middle Aged (30–55): People in this age group are the poorest of all. They listened to their parents when they were young and now they listen to their kids when they are parents. These people always lived and living for others and really need to think about themselves and start loving themselves.
Old Age (55–80): You are done with all the responsibilities you took on top of your head; this is the time just to live for yourself. Stop thinking about how your kids are doing, what are the problems around the house and what people are talking about. Love yourself more and more everyday. Do the only things which you love to do and live the last years of your life to its fullest.
Some more thoughts on self-love:
Try things out of your control, and say yes to things you would not normally say yes to. This will also help you with getting to know yourself better. You may find out that you enjoy things you never realized or tried before. Try and get out of your comfort zone and see what happens. No one is perfect, and you can’t expect yourself to be so. Certain things happen but you need to accept them and not be too hard on yourself. Creating a list of what you have achieved is a great way to fall in love with yourself. This makes you feel good about yourself, and find happiness from what you have accomplished.
This makes my 2021 resolution is to take care of myself and to love myself a little more this year and also encourage people around me to do so. What is yours!!
