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I have a running joke with a friend – Send cookies and no one will get hurt! As my stress level starts to go up especially at work, cookie demands go up. The really funny thing is I am not really a cookie person, not really a cake person either, my downfall is chocolate, and frankly after the last month I should probably do a chocolate cleanse.
So Thursday, the furry doorbells were barking their fool heads off which usually means one of two things we have a delivery or someone is walking by. I stepped out of the office just in time to see the UPS guy walking away. I actually ran to the door, because I was not expecting anything and really I did not feel like walking down the block to give a package to my neighbor. Funny the package was actually for me. It was a package from a friend, the same one that I send cookie demands to. She actually sent me cookies.
I laughed, she laughed and I thought it was a really sweet gesture. But it got me thinking what do you treat yourself? Do you use food, food can always be a good treat. It doesn’t have to be Cookies, or chocolate. It can be your favorite meal that you use to treat yourself.
The next morning, I was having a conversation with my best friend, and it was favorite I have to be out in public leggings, check, favorite sweater, check etc,etc… but I realized that sometimes treating yourself is about making sure you have your favorite leggings and sweater on.
Other things that we do is a book, or a movie or yes even that favorite song, these are all ways to treat yourself, but how are you treating yourself mentally? Are you forgiving yourself those cookies or beating yourself up?
Sometimes, we really hard on ourselves for the really small things. We forget that we are not perfect, that we will stumble and fall. We will take steps forward and steps back. The important thing is that remember that we are still walking forward. We are not standing still, we are moving forward and yes we will slide back. We are going to have bad days, bad weeks, heck maybe even a bad month, but don’t give up, push forward, eat the cookies and start again.
I have a running joke with a friend – Send cookies and no one will get hurt! As my stress level starts to go up especially at work, cookie demands go up. The really funny thing is I am not really a cookie person, not really a cake person either, my downfall is chocolate, and frankly after the last month I should probably do a chocolate cleanse.
So Thursday, the furry doorbells were barking their fool heads off which usually means one of two things we have a delivery or someone is walking by. I stepped out of the office just in time to see the UPS guy walking away. I actually ran to the door, because I was not expecting anything and really I did not feel like walking down the block to give a package to my neighbor. Funny the package was actually for me. It was a package from a friend, the same one that I send cookie demands to. She actually sent me cookies.
I laughed, she laughed and I thought it was a really sweet gesture. But it got me thinking what do you treat yourself? Do you use food, food can always be a good treat. It doesn’t have to be Cookies, or chocolate. It can be your favorite meal that you use to treat yourself.
The next morning, I was having a conversation with my best friend, and it was favorite I have to be out in public leggings, check, favorite sweater, check etc,etc… but I realized that sometimes treating yourself is about making sure you have your favorite leggings and sweater on.
Other things that we do is a book, or a movie or yes even that favorite song, these are all ways to treat yourself, but how are you treating yourself mentally? Are you forgiving yourself those cookies or beating yourself up?
Sometimes, we really hard on ourselves for the really small things. We forget that we are not perfect, that we will stumble and fall. We will take steps forward and steps back. The important thing is that remember that we are still walking forward. We are not standing still, we are moving forward and yes we will slide back. We are going to have bad days, bad weeks, heck maybe even a bad month, but don’t give up, push forward, eat the cookies and start again.
Until next time,
Juli
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