Here’s 3 ways you can celebrate yourself after Mother’s Day
So I don’t know about you but something about us moms only getting 2 days out of the year to celebrate ourselves really irks my nerves.
Follow with me now. Those 2 days are typically Mother’s Day and your Birthday Day, but for some reason the other 363 days we don’t take care of ourselves. We “save” all the self-care for those 2 “big” days and wait in anticipation for our partners, friends, community to pour into us to then being incredibly disappointed because it didn’t meet our expectations.
Mind you our expectations are typically what we see on social media…
Cause have you really asked yourself what you would want if money was no option? Like what would your best day ever look? And I’ll let you have just those 2 days, your birthday and Mother’s Day to visualize what you would do if there was no budget.
Take a minute and visualize how you would spend the day right now. Close your eyes and paint the picture of your BEST DAY EVER.
For me. It would actually be very simple.
I would be in a cabin-heyyyy Getaway cabin and just allow my mind to wander and decompress.
But enough about me, back to you, that’s why you’re here. You’re trying to figure out how to really celebrate yourself every single day.
Before we get into the 3 tips I wanna give you the definition of celebrate. Well part of it-HA!
Celebrate: the first portion of the word “Celeber” in latin means to honor. To honor.
Wow, that is so powerful. It is important as moms, especially as new moms that you honor yourself daily. This in itself is a mindset shift because when you realize that honoring yourself can be whatever you want it to be the expectations and judgements tend to slip away.
So here are those tips….
The first way is to move your body.
Are you saying exercise, Lesline? Sure if you wanna call it that. But all I said was move your body AND do it outside. I know I am fortunate to live in Florida where it is ALWAYS sunny and majority of the world doesn’t have that blessing, so I encourage you to make sure you are getting your vitamin D in other ways if that be vitamins, purchasing a sun lamp, whatever it is you have to do to boost that mood so you can really celebrate the incredibleness that is YOU. Remember celebrating yourself means to honor yourself and one way you can honor yourself is by moving your body. Your body will thank you later.
2. The second way to celebrate you daily is to eat bright and colorful foods.
Foods that are bright and colorful tend to have antioxidants, vitamins and minerals which will help boost your mood and make you want to actually celebrate YOU.
3. The third way to celebrate you daily is to take a nap.
Taking a 10-15 minute nap daily will boost your mood, make you overall happier, and make you want to celebrate the incredible you that you really are. And if you find it challenging to fall asleep in the middle of the day, grab an Escape with Lesline weighted eye pillow to block out the sunlight so you can get those z’s and decompress.
By practicing these 3 tips daily you will find yourself wanting to show yourself love in other ways daily if that be taking a bath, FaceTiming your besties, or taking yourself out to eat at your favorite restaurant.
Don’t wait till Mother’s Day and your birthday to celebrate you. Do it nowwwwwwww.
