![]() Commit to consistently practicing the activities that contribute the most to your well-being, while avoiding pressuring yourself. When stressful issues or situations threaten to discourage you, remind yourself that you’re worthy of love and adjust your response accordingly. You can use the Socratic Method as a guide to assess your current activities with critical thinking and questioning, and help you discover helpful changes to make. While you’re at it, intentionally replace mind-numbing activities (such as excessive time watching TV or scrolling through social media) with activities that awaken your mind. Do you enjoy praying, meditating, reading, gardening, cooking, traveling, mentoring, exercising, or other activities that strengthen your well-being? Find what works best for you. Consider what types of healthy activities you enjoy most, and prioritize them in your schedule so you can pursue them on a regular basis. Research from the American Psychological Association highlights the importance of balancing self-care with work to prevent burnout. Moreover, you have distinctive personal strengths, and valuable contributions to make to the world. You are valuable simply because you’re human. If you don’t treasure yourself yet, dare to raise the bar on your perspective. What is your perspective on yourself? I derive mine from my faith, and agree with what Joel Osteen writes in his book, Empty Out the Negative: Make Room For More Joy, Greater Confidence and New Levels of Influence: “Every person is made in the image of God.” We tend to rely on limited cognitive perspectives to make sense of intrapersonal battles within ourselves. Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines “self-love” as an appreciation of one’s own worth or virtue. These do-it-yourself (DIY) self-love well-being strategies can help you live a positive life even when negativity surrounds you. Enjoying well-being is only possible when we recognize our own value and choose to love ourselves. We can either let that negativity harm us, or we can rise above it by loving ourselves even when others neglect to do so. Negativity barrages us every day – from bad news in our media to discouraging messages from people in our lives. ![]() ![]() “Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers. ![]() ![]() By: Terra Eidinger, MS, Marine Corps Civilian Analyst ![]()
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