Goals
- closer relationship with God- I continued with the prayer journal. I read Chapter 10 of Romans where Paul continues with his sorrow of Israel’s rejection of God. He also writes about how to be saved. Reading this chapter reminds me that we are forgiven by God through Jesus but how many of us have not forgiven ourselves? This led me to the topic for today of self forgiveness.
- Get fit- Today is a rest day for the weights but I did body weight exercises pull ups and used the Roman chair to do incline push ups, incline sit ups and hyperextensions . I also did 15 minutes of walking with my dogs. I did have a victory today, I was walking up the stairs from my laundry room and my knees were much better. So I have noticed a difference already. Motivation to keep going!
- House organization- I went through my clothes that I had set aside to pack away to decide if I can just get rid of them permanently. I really want to be a minimalist but I am now where near there yet.
- Writing- I continue to write today for 15 minutes. Like I said before, this weekend I want to do a schedule to include specific goals for this one and carve more time out to dedicate to it. I also started listening to Chris Fox writes podcast. He has some really good ideas.
- Camper Reno- out of all of my goals this one is slow going and I knew it would be until the building to put it in is put up. So I continue to watch YouTube videos as there are a lot of them.
Forgiving yourself & Self compassion
I was wondering if maybe the reason we don’t always work on our goals or keep our promises to ourselves is because we don’t value our self? We can say we are important but do we really feel this? If it is true why do we have a problem with putting ourselves first? I think we all have things in our past that we regret , even small things. Maybe it is as simple as not reaching a previously set goal? So I started researching this subject and found that self forgiveness is essential to living your very best life. Maybe some are believers and some are not but regardless of your beliefs this is an important topic to all humans.
It’s easy to say you have self love and treat yourself well but perhaps this is only surface deep. Self love, at one time was thought to be anti-Christian, aren’t we told to be selfless? But we are told that God tosses our sins on the sea of forgetfulness, so we should also. Regardless of what it is or what your beliefs are forgive yourself and now you know better be better.
An article in Psychology today states that self compassion reduces anxiety and results in better adherence to health habits. I had brought up the subject of self talk before and being kinder to yourself. Talk to yourself like you would a friend. If you have a good friend that made a mistake would you continue to berate her and bring it up every time you see her? No you wouldn’t . We need to treat ourselves with the same compassion. Thoughts? Can you think of some ways you can practice self compassion daily?
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-mindful-self-express/201706/8-powerful-steps-self-love
The article gave 3 steps to practicing self compassion
1. Mindfulness: Having an open, curious, non-judging attitude; not over-identifying with negative stories about the self.
2. Self-kindness: Treating yourself kindly, rather than harshly. Extending the same care and support to yourself that you would to a good friend or loved one.
3. Common humanity: Allowing yourself to be human, to make mistakes and learn from them. Knowing that as humans we are not perfect, nor should we be expected to act flawlessly.
Spend some time today speaking kindly to yourself and make it a daily routine
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