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Roadmap to a Happier Me Challenge: Week 3 Appreciation & Gratitude

I feel the good vibes after week 2 of my Roadmap to a #HappierMeChallenge. In the past 2 weeks I have done my breathing exercises, paid compliments and enjoyed the smiles of strangers, I even shared a slice of watermelon with 2 strangers on their lunch break outside of Northgate Mall.

The Watermelon incident

I had a great day before stopping at the mall. I had just came from Amazing K autism school where they were blessed to have received a huge donation from Puma Energy. (You can read all about it on their Facebook page.) I felt good. I had a smile on my face – and that is when a complete stranger called me over and offered a slice. The old me would’ve just said no thanks and moved on, but there I was eating a sweet slice of watermelon with 2 strangers on the step of the mall. The universe truly returns good vibes when you put them out there too.

Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.

Zig Ziglar

Start part 3 of your weekly Roadmap to a #HappierMeChallenge

This week is all about acknowledging the good people in your life, the friends that stand by you, the things that you love – but most importantly I want you to appreciate yourself.

Here is your “homework” for this week:

  • Tell the people closest to you just how much they mean to you. Say I love you to your significant other.
  • Show your appreciation to yourself and go for a coffee date or meal with yourself.
  • Be grateful for all that you have – from the shoes in your closet to the photos you have of great times spent together.

For your mind

  • How is your online course going? Have you finished a few modules?
  • Did you opt for a book and read a few pages?
  • Choose an new affirmation and repeat to yourself whenever you remember or have a moment to yourself
    • I choose to be thankful no matter my circumstances.
    • I am grateful for my health, prosperity and love.
    • I am blessed.
    • I am grateful for everything I have, the people that love me and will leave my door open for more good.

For your body

  • Increase your walking to 20 minutes a day
  • Keep up the simple breathing exercise in your daily routine – do 50 a day
    Stretch your arms in front of you and place your palms on top of each other – inhale. Now let go by moving your left arm to the left until it is in line with your body – let your right hand run down your arm. Now breathe in and center your arms again. Repeat to your right

For your soul

  • Create a list of all the things that you are grateful for
  • Start a creative Gratitude Journal and illustrate each of these things/people/thoughts – let your Gratitude Journal grow and evolve as you get more comfortable with penning your thoughts

You may want to go to the beginning of this self-care challenge:

I really feel gratitude every day in my life that I’m able to do what I love, and I think, because I have that passion and spirit, I’ve had success.

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Roadmap to a Happier Me Challenge: Week 2 Letting Go

I hope that you connected to a stranger by paying a compliment last week – how did it feel when they smiled and thanked you? Do you think you banked enough good karma to get you through 2020 – or do you think you’d like to continue banking good karma?

Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.

Margaret Lee Runbeck

Week 2’s challenge is about letting go of toxic relationships or anger and to mend relationships.

  • Your most important soul homework is to forgive yourself for any bad decisions you may have made – write yourself a letter or email and stash it away until this challenge tells you to read it again
  • Create a list of all the people you want to rebuild relationships with and those that you need to let go of – write down a reason for each and how you will be dealing with each person

For your body

  • Your body has probably thanked you by now for getting it to move and deserves a treat. Take an hour this week for self-care and get a manicure/pedicure/haircut/massage
  • Keep up the 10 minute walking
  • Add a simple breathing exercise into your daily routine – do 20 a day
    Stretch your arms in front of you and place your palms on top of each other – inhale. Now let go by moving your left arm to the left until it is in line with your body – let your right hand run down your arm. Now breathe in and center your arms again. Repeat to your right

For your mind

  • Start your course or DIY learning this week. Set yourself an attainable goal of completing x number of chapters/parts.
  • Choose an affirmation and repeat to yourself whenever you remember or have a moment to yourself
    • I choose to be happy, healthy and whole
    • I embrace the parts of me that need love the most
    • I am a priority in my life

That’s it for your Roadmap to a Happier Me Challenge: Week 2 – did Week 1 make a difference in how you feel?

You may want to go to the beginning of this self-care challenge:

#HappierMeChallenge

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Roadmap to a Happier Me Challenge: Week 1 Good Karma

I’m excited for me, I have a plan to become that girl again with the butterflies in her hair that knows how to squeeze every last drop from every day with no regrets. The best part, I’m not going to pay some person to tell me how to get there – and you can join in on your own time.

Before we start, have you written down your goals? If you have, congratulations! Now that you have identified your goals, which steps are you going to take to reach your goals?

Let’s kick off Week 1’s challenge and bank some good karma.

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Maya Angelou

What can you do to bank good karma?

  • Pay many someones a compliment
  • Write your favourite quote on a note and leave it in a book or on a shelf in a shop somewhere
  • Give to someone less fortunate or donate to an animal shelter

These are easy to-do things, but trust me when you see someone smile and you know you did something for someone else… it all adds up to how you see and feel about yourself. That is soul sorted for the week.

For your body

  • Get your body moving this week by putting on your flip-flops or sneakers and going for a 10 minute (or more) walk 3 days this week
  • Rummage through your beauty stash and spoil your face with a mask or serum – or even just with a great soap, tone and moisture session

For your mind

  • Buy a course on Udemy, Daddy’s Deals or Hyperli – or find a DIY book/online resource. Just get something that will let you learn something new.

That’s it for your Roadmap to a Happier Me Challenge: Week 1 – let me know how it goes.

#HappierMeChallenge

PS. Next week I even have an affirmation or 2 just for you!

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