Self-Love is supposed to be a verb

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Self-love is supposed to be a verb

What is a verb? A verb is an action word. What is self-love?

No idea.

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Psst…

I used to think that if I tell myself, I love myself that would be enough, then I indeed would love myself, but neither love nor self-love work purely in words.

What is even the point in writing about self-love when words mean nothing (Without actions)

Taking constructive action towards what you want to achieve in life is a living proof that you love yourself.

You can tell yourself that you love yourself, but if you really don’t back it up with actions, then you won’t believe your own self.

In order for you to prove it to yourself that you love yourself, you will have to do some difficult things too.

For example, you have no idea how hard it is for me to write this blog post right now, but I am doing so because I committed to write one blog post per month in 2021. Commitment Vs how do I feel in this moment is self-love. Choosing to do the right thing even if that is, the harder choice.

Acts of self-love can include:

1) Exercising after a long day when you just want to curl up into a ball of blankets.

2) Filling taxes on time and getting all the administrative work on time, even when you dread doing it.

3) Doing the dirty work, like cleaning, cooking, doing dishes, not leaving pending work for a later time.

4) Doing the dirty emotional work as well like taking ownership of your mental health, finding a way to get therapy (I hear a lot of people saying therapy is expensive, sure it is, but it is an investment worth the effort and might save money in ways you wouldn’t expect)

5) Lastly, just show up, rather than disengaging from life, show up to the challenge even if it is difficult for you ( Spoiler Alert: you won’t make out of this life alive, so might as well start living instead of treating yourself like an afterthought, it’s all happening, here and now ) let’s do this, one deep breath at a time~