I made a list of ways to cultivate self-love everyday.
FireIntensity
January 25th, 2023
- Create a list of everything you know about yourself.
- Talk about something you really like on video once a week and appreciate your own lovely mannerisms when you watch it back. (I store mine in Google Photos, so it doesn't take up space on my phone.)
- Create a mantra to repeat when you feel uncomfortable.
- Make a collage of old pictures of you and words that you describe yourself as, and put it near a mirror to look at every day.
- Give places unique, silly names. (I use Google Maps and I make labels!)
- Create a scavenger hunt by making a list of things you might find (I put fire, roses, angels, etc), buy a disposable camera, and take pictures of it.
- Make a deck of things you want to do, like crazy things, and every month choose one to give yourself.
- Create a secret handshake with yourself.
- Make a mini time capsule for every birthday.
- Make traditions for yourself, and mark them on a calendar. Here are some more ideas:
- choose a color to dress in from head to toe on a particular day
- buy or pick certain flowers on the first day of something. (I buy flowers for myself every 9th of every month.)
- eat a nice dinner
- buy yourself a gift you couldn't have as a kid
- create a signature birthday drink and make a wish like a potion
- video diaries, think of the same questions to ask yourself every date.
- choose birthday song
- Read fairytales or books out loud to yourself like a daily ritual
- Write a love poem for no one in particular- that could be for yourself.
- Pick a hobby to exclusively work on to help self-sabotage
- Grab something from anywhere you visit to create a Momento
- Hide little notes of encouragement in random places
- Write in a diary about events in your life, but almost as if its fiction and/or fantasy.
These are practices to better know me and interact with myself. It's weird that we are human beings, but I find that we rarely allow to treat ourselves like people too. We work ourselves like machines, but rarely find the time to sit down and be with ourselves.
I hope this encourages you to be with yourself more, learn about yourself, and experience what it's like to love yourself a little more today. :)