Are you ready to find out how loving yourself can make you more productive?
Member feature : by Tammy Nortier of VA Connect
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When last have you complimented yourself?
I bet you’re sitting there thinking to yourself – “What is this person on about?” Well if that is your response then I would imagine it’s been a while since you told yourself something nice, something nice about yourself.
It may sound strange, I mean I also had to think about it when the question got asked of me, but the truth is that we really should be looking at ourselves more as human beings and loving ourselves as much as we love those around us.
In this article I will discuss why it is important to love yourself, how taking care of YOU can make YOU more productive in business and in life and sharing some ideas to help you love yourself more this year.
Let’s make 2019 about you!
WHY SHOULD YOU LOVE YOURSELF?
I think that sometimes we forget we are human beings and that we are not invincible – even though you may feel like you are. We spend so much time focusing on the work, the housework, the kids, the husband, family and so on that we leave very little room for ourselves – the one person who matters the most in the equation.
When you neglect yourself, it becomes a snowball effect, you get burnout or your mental wellbeing suffers and this then reflects in the work you produce or fail to produce. It causes stress and conflict in our relationships and eventually we start shutting down.
We are not robots and we cannot go on and on forever because we do not run on Duracell batteries. As women especially we need to sit back and take a breath and take time for ourselves.
Loving yourself is important so that you can feel like a person too. When you love yourself, you will feel more energized and more at peace with things. Loving yourself is essentially taking care of you! Taking time out for you even if it is only once a week – rather once a week than nothing at all!
And remember, when you take time out and reflect and be at one with yourself you will also become more productive.
Read on to find out how loving yourself can make you more productive.
HOW CAN LOVING MYSELF INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY?
Making self-care a regular part of your routine could mean a greater increase in productivity in work and play for various reasons:
- You will feel more relaxed and therefore more clear and focused on tasks at hand
- You will possibly eliminate chronic pain and fatigue if you make regular massages part of your self-care routine and with that meditation and mindfulness techniques.
- Your mental wellbeing will improve as it has being shown that when we neglect ourselves the increase in depression is exponential and this can definitely have a negative impact on your productivity levels.
So, in short, keeping your wellbeing in mind as often as possible is only going to be to the benefit of everything and everyone in your life – so do not worry about people possibly thinking you’re selfish or weak because you are stepping away from things for a while.
WAYS YOU CAN LOVE YOURSELF TO INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY
In this part of the article I will allude to various articles on how you can bring self-care into your world in order to be more productive.
You can imagine things like yoga, gym, meditation, a spa day or even just going to sit in the garden with a cup of tea (or something else if you so inclined) and listen to the birds chirping – these are all examples of self-care and self-love. Spending time with you doing something you love and enjoy!
Here is a video about why you need a self-care list and how to draw up one.
Taking care of your body is probably number one on most people’s list when it comes to self-care, there are various ways to do this and in this article you can find out about some of these.
And the most important and effective way to love yourself more – tell yourself! Give yourself that compliment, tell someone about an achievement you have had recently, toot your own horn – you’re worth it!
CONCLUSION
In conclusion – self-love, self-care is all about you and what you do that makes you feel great, happy and at peace.
It is what makes you smile and makes your heart smile and the things that make you want to almost share it with others – but you won’t because it is all yours!
Go ahead, make 2019 yours! You and you against the world – everyone and everything else is just along for the ride
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