How do you love yourself?

Today’s question is, “How do you love yourself?”

My answer is, “I’ll eat a big salad.”

Before, I thought anything that was pleasurable to my senses was an act of self-love, but not so recently. Loving yourself is doing what is best for yourself.

Hear me out, as I’ve got something for you to think about. If you stop and see yourself as a good friend, how would you treat this person?

Would you stuff your loved one with loads of junk food until she would end up feeling sick? Or let her descend into a mushy pile of laziness when she feels depressed? Or attack her body with toxic things like alcohol, cigarettes, and drugs?

I’m not saying a temporary act of any of these things are so bad that they will destroy you but what I’d like to propose here is, are these acts of self-love?

I stumbled upon a great article at the Happiness Project blog, called the 5 Most Common Happiness Mistakes. Please read it because it is so true. I won’t go into the mistakes as you can read them on your own but I’d like to point out that my favorite tip is not letting yourself off the hook when you are feeling stressed or down. However, I think I am guilty of all five mistakes and I want to make a difference to my daily happiness levels.

What do you think is an act of self-love?

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5 Most Common Happiness Mistakes link is broken mebbe?

So true, I never really thought of it that way. I really love this article, It reminded me that I need start treating myself/ my body with more respect and love! The link for the site doesn’t work though (or maybe it’s just my computer). I will look it up on Google though!

Sorry about the link! It’s fixed now.

I’ve done a lot of “having fun” and indulging so this fall I’ll try and love and respect myself more. I’m sure I’ll find it easier since I won’t be traveling for 4 months.

I eat the biggest slice of chocolate cake I can find D:
thus I really should not love myself too much TOO often xD
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I’ll go for a long run .

It’s always such a pain to motivate myself enough to actually get out the door, but it’s such a great de-stresser once I start running.

I totally agree Mary

@MACnunu: once in a while is good! I guess I’m talking about the frequent habitual unhealthy routines we have to make ourselves “happy”…

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