{Self-Care Challenge} Day #2 – Write Yourself A Love Letter

Sometimes in the mornings, I can count five negative statements before a positive one rolls off my tongue.

“Ugh, my hair is too dry.”

“Shouldn’t have eaten that cinnamon roll.”

“When’s the last time I painted my toenails? They look a mess.”

“My boobs just ain’t what they used to be.”

Enough is enough!

I want us to start thinking and speaking positively about ourselves.

Day #2 challenge is to write yourself a love letter.

Doesn’t have to be a long letter, but long enough to make you feel thoroughly excited to be…you. Here’s my letter below. If you chose to publish yours, feel free to link to it on the comments, or even paste it in the comments below:

Dear Tara, 

2011 was a doozy for you. We can admit that, right? You struggled a bit with the new reality of being self-employed and of being the full-time caretaker of two young kids. But guess what? You did it. You wrote a book. You published 175+ blog posts. In the last six months of the year, you edited 25 manuscripts and volunteered in your daughter’s classroom numerous times. 

You make sure everyone is taken care of and you do it well. You have no problem sacrificing your time or sleep or money to make sure your family has what they need. You are a generous person with a heart the size of Texas. You love hard and you never stop thinking of ways to be a better woman, wife, sister and friend. That counts for a lot. 

I want you to ease up and cut yourself some slack. You’re awesome. And every day you should know that. 

Go on and write yourself a love letter. Let’s see how you feel after you write it. 

Day #1 challenge update – So I went to Target and bought some nail polish. This is a big deal because it’s OPI nail polish, not the cheap $2 (or lower) kind that I usually get. So I splurged on myself – it felt great!