Self-Love Day 2009

Today I am practicing the self-love in honor of the third-annual Self-Love Day.  Get your minds out of the gutter – I’m not doing the solo bowchickabowwow, and if I was I wouldn’t be telling you about it!

Self-Love Day is the brainchild of the lovely Hilly.  Here’s how it works:

SELF-LOVE DAY 2009
aka “Learning to Love ME”
February 13th, 2009

1.) You’re gonna grab yourself a banner.  You can find them here.

2.) You’re gonna post that banner and then tell us all something that you really like love about yourself (thus, the “self-love” portion of our program).

3.) Ask or beg your readers to post one thing that they too love about you!!!  If your blog friends are nice, you shouldn’t have to beg…much.

4.)  Enjoy yourself and spread the love by doing this on your blog!

So what do I love about myself?  I love that I am finally learning, at the ripe old age of 40, to express my emotions instead of repressing them.  Most of my life I’ve kept everything bottled up inside and let it get all festery.  I would be obviously upset about something and when someone asked what was wrong I’d say “nothing.”  Yeah, that mystical female “nothing” that really means something, most likely something that’s going to get someone the silent treatment for a while.  Then I’d be all pissy.

I’ve stopped doing that.  If I’m upset about something and I don’t want to talk about it, I don’t say that “nothing” is wrong.  I just say I don’t want to talk about it.  Later, after I’ve processed things and am able to talk about it I do.  I actually tell people what is bothering me and why. And then we work out ways to get me unbothered.  It’s an amazing concept, this communication thing.

The other part of the communication thing I’ve been focusing on is making sure that people know I appreciate them and the things they do for me.  I tended to take it for granted that people knew I appreciated them, but it turns out that they’re not psychic.  Who knew? So now I tell them.

In a nutshell, I love that I’m becoming a better communicator.

Now it’s your turn.  Tell me something you love about me.  Yep – I’m just gonna put it out there and beg for some lovin’.

Now go post what you love about yourself.  If you don’t have a blog, post it in your facebook.  Then come tell me and I will love you right back.  Go ahead…do it.