Let me ask you this question, and please be honest to yourself when you reply, (you owe it to yourself).
When was the last time you did something nice for yourself?
Really think about this . . . When did you say something nice to yourself? Give yourself a compliment? Treat yourself to something nice? Enjoy some ‘you’ time?
If you answer recently then yay for you, keep up the great work! But let’s be honest many of us just don’t do enough nice things for ourselves. And often even if we treat ourselves to that new dress, or get our nails done, we often still forget to say nice things about ourselves. It is easier to buy ourselves a present than it is to say something nice about ourselves.
Why do we find it so difficult to give ourselves a well deserved compliment? I know I can often be hard on myself for not being a ‘good enough’ mum or wife, sister, friend whatever, yet I should be looking at all the good qualities I have as a wife, mother, friend, sister and be complimenting myself on these. It just doesn’t come naturally to many of us to be kind to ourselves.
Quite often my best friend and I will put ourselves down for the things we feel we have done wrong as a mother. When my friend says that she doesn’t spend enough quality time with her kids I tell her she is crazy, she is an awesome mum who spends lots of time with her kids, yet I will be the first to criticise myself for the same reason. When it comes to ourselves we often set our standards way too high!
Click to Tweet: When it comes to ourselves we often set our standards way too high!
It is time we gave ourselves a well deserved compliment. So I want you to think about something good you did this week and tell yourself you did a good job. I want you to praise yourself, compliment yourself on the person you are!
Let me know how you go!
Thanks for joining me, love Mackenzie xx
8 comments
True words Mac. I’ve spent a lifetime wondering about this. I think one reason we are hard on ourselves is because we always think we can do better. In nursing school years ago I would see people disappointed because they didn’t make 100% on an exam. I learned to finally be appreciative of passing, and that the important thing was KNOWING the material, because I would be taking care of human beings.
But there are still times I wish I could go back and redo some of the mistakes I made in life. That is the part I still struggle with. I guess this is part of life, and learning to be a better person. 🙂
Great post, Mackenzie! One should ask these questions. I haven’t complimented myself for anything, but I treat myself with a little me time almost daily. 🙂 And I don’t care what others will think but I consider myself as a good mother, I may not be a good wife or daughter or sister, but I am a good mother. I take pride in that. 🙂 Honestly, I don’t know the reason for that yet. I usually forgive myself if and when I make parenting mistakes. 🙂
Oh Mac so true! I will try this week xx
But I’m really awesome at self defeatism. That’s a compliment right?
I try to do nice things as regularly as I can, but I don’t think I’ve ever given myself a compliment – that’s something to work on. Lovely sentiment. Visiting from #candidcuddles
Wow. This was incredibly inspiring. You’re completely right! I sometimes buy myself a small gift, but I rarely give myself a compliment. Why is it so hard to do? Each night, I try to remind myself of a few of my accomplishments for the day. Along with them, I’m going to give myself a pat on the back for one thing that I did well. I deserve it, and so does every other mom out there!
Thank you so much for linking up with #candidcuddles! xx
True this. I’ll give it a go!
You are right Mackenzie. We get caught up in the day to day & keeping the kids happy that we forget about ourselves. I had a lovely shopping spree a few weeks ago which was such a treat because I haven’t done that in years & years! Thanks so much for linking up with #candidcuddles & for the reminder! x
Comments are closed.