Get Up & Get Dressed

LIFE SAVER: 8

Getting out of bed and putting on something that you think is pretty, feels soft and fuzzy, or even shows off your legs, will help you put your best foot forward in starting your day. Confidence and mood are affected by a variety of things.  And the way you dress is one of them.  Your appearance is a reflection of how you feel about yourself.

It is a form of self-expression and is often how people identify you. When you get up, get dressed, take pride in who you are, how you represent and feel about yourself.  It is bound to have an affect on you and on others.  Your choice in wardrobe can inspire, surprise, and even scare others. And maybe that is the point.  Either way, wake up, get dressed, and feel good!

The Moulin Rouge Ballet

It was an amazing ballet.  A great night!

Mumford Love

Here & There & Everywhere

Acceptance

LIFE SAVER: 7

From Futurowoman

It's the hardest thing to do.
Accept circumstances.
Accept reality.
Accept that life didn't turn out the way you thought or wished it would.
Accept that you aren't the person that you wished you could be.
Accept your imperfections.
Accept your downfalls and the things standing in the way of you getting what you want.
Accept that life's not fair.
Accept that life is ugly sometimes.
Accept that life is hard.


But....
Let me ask you...
What is standing in the way of your life being all you've dreamt it to be?

You?

You are the only one who can do anything about your life, your health, and your state of mind.  The world has many ways of making you feel better or worse about yourself, but YOU are the one who has the choice to listen or not.  You can either take in the good or take in the bad.  You can accept your life as you are and continue to live.  Or...you can live in denial and continue to live a life and be a person that you are fearful of.  Life is not going to be easy.  It is not going to be perfect.  It will be hard.  You will change and you will surprise yourself when you turned out wanting to be a teacher instead of a fashion designer.  It's ok to be surprised.  It's ok to change.  It's ok to be scared.  But you have to keep living.  Because there is an amazing spirit waiting to come out and live and shine brightly after you stop holding it hostage.  

There is a way to accept life for what it is.  And there is a way to live a life accepting that there are many wonderful things to live for.

You make the choice.  And accept it.

Pretty Little Somethings

Do This When Appropriate

LIFE SAVER: 6

From Shardae

Survival Instructions on a bad, sad, gloomy, lazy, or depressed day.

1.  Turn off your alarm.

2.  Count to ten, wiggle your toes, and then contract your core muscles and spring yourself up from your pillow into a seated L position.  (This advice sounds crazy, yes it does.  It is more for someone who is imagining or watching what it may look like, a little funny..huh?  But for read, try exploding out of bed.  You never know the affect it may have on you).

3.  Walk yourself to the bathroom and sit....or stand....

4.  Depending on what day you have that lies ahead, Do Whatever You Want and Feel Good About It.

(I am not suggesting that you miss your business meeting, leave your students without a teacher, or McDonalds without a cook.  These activities are encouraged for a day off or weekend.  Choose wisely).  

5. Take ownership of your decisions and put aside the guilt, shame, expectations of what you should be doing.  Listen to YOURSELF for once and do what you want.

6.  Live an EMPOWERED day.  Any may each EMPOWERED day lead to a FABULOUS, EMPOWERED life.

7.  Good Luck!

See Celia Smile.

Who Decides?

You Do!!

Fall has arrived.

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