Day 15: Take the time to focus on yourself. Appreciate and give thanks for your unique personality, skills and talents.
This day, I really thought of all the
things about myself that I love. The main of which being my love of
education and insatiable need to learn. Those skills and talents that
jumped to mind were my love of photography and creativity with different
art projects. I really enjoyed taking a moment to tell myself what I’m
good at and what’s great about me – especially focusing on non-physical
characteristics.
Day 16: Stand
in front of the mirror for five minutes and focus on at least five
things that you love about yourself. Write them down in your journal.
1. My hair. No matter the color – which certainly has varied over the years.
2. My eyes.
3. My tattoos.
4. My feet.
5. My
c-section scar. I both love and hate this scar. It makes me
self-conscious more than anything ever has before, and I hate how it
looks – but at the same time, it is quite literally my battle scar from
becoming a mother. And because of that, I will love it forever.
Day 17: Write about something you feel grateful for in your life today.
My sister Brittany. Not just Brittany, all
of my sisters: Jennie, Kristi, Courtney, & Hayley also fill huge
holes in my life and in my heart. Each of them is individually amazing
and mean so much to me. But Brittany. Brittany is not only my sister,
she’s my best friend. For the two of us, it’s like we share a soul and
when I’m apart from her I never feel completely whole until she’s nearby
again. She offers a presence in my life that I will always be grateful
for, because if it weren’t for her I would never ever feel like a
complete person.
Day 18: For
the past three days, you have focused on appreciating what makes you
unique. Write about all the things that make you so loveable. Take a
moment to appreciate your personal style, talents and charm.
Well, I mean – I am pretty adorably witty. :
) I am fiercely loyal and will always defend those I love and do
anything humanly possible to help them. I am pretty sarcastic, though –
but I find that most of my closest friends and my husband love me most
because of that sarcasm and deadpan sense of humor. Let alone the
obvious romantically cute and cuddly side of me – which truly does
exist, all sarcastic silliness aside.
Day 19: Have confidence in all the choices you have made today and be grateful for being able to believe in yourself.
I honestly don’t know what to write today, but I have in fact been embracing what this says. That’s all I can really say..
Day 20: As
the challenge winds down, write a thank you note to yourself. Thank
yourself for taking the time to stop and focus on all the little things
for which you feel grateful.
Well here we go – thank you. Thank you for
taking this chance to work on changing the way you see things. Becoming
less pessimistic. Doing this for yourself and no one else and thereby –
taking a break from Mommyhood and enjoying the fact that you are still
you. Thanks for that most of all.
Day 21: Reflect on the 21 days of The Gratitude Challenge and what this process has meant to you.
The last three weeks have been amazing. I
covered it in my thank you note mostly – but needless to say/be
redundant, this has done a lot for my overall mood and perspective. I
appreciate it and so does Corey.
So, goodbye Challenge. Thanks for all you did.
