Living my best life. It’s become the antithesis of having a good time, right?
That’s usually the sort of thing we say when we’re doing anything but living our best life. Usually on a bad day. Or even worse, a mediocre one!
But are we at risk of standing in our own way sometimes? When do we encourage ourselves to have the best that we can have, or are we always waiting for something else?
We’ve all been guilty of that at times. I’ll be happier when I’ve lost weight, got a new job, achieved x/y/z…
We put constraints or conditions on our happiness by thinking we need to ‘earn’ it. We need to earn time off, we need to earn indulging in a little shopping spree. How often do we leave our ‘best’ clothes in the wardrobe and wear the same old things. Or wear out old boots until the sole is hanging off (especially guilty of that one!!).
I’m not going to go down the obvious line of ‘life’s too short’, but it really is. It’s true.
What are we waiting for?
If we’re always waiting for something to be different before we allow ourselves a bit of happiness, we could be waiting a long time.
And what messages are we giving ourselves? I’m not worth it. I don’t deserve it.
If you can imagine the advice you’d give to a friend who was saying these things about themselves, what would you say? Buy the damn dress. Go on the damn date. Life’s too short?!
Thought so. Go give yourself permission to live your best life too.
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