{"id":1924,"date":"2012-01-07T12:01:06","date_gmt":"2012-01-07T17:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lessonsfromarecoveringdoormat\/?p=1924"},"modified":"2012-01-07T13:25:48","modified_gmt":"2012-01-07T18:25:48","slug":"%e2%80%9ci-love-me%e2%80%9d-tip-do-something-useless-but-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lessonsfromarecoveringdoormat\/2012\/01\/%e2%80%9ci-love-me%e2%80%9d-tip-do-something-useless-but-fun.html","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI Love Me\u201d Tip: Do Something Useless But Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lessonsfromarecoveringdoormat\/files\/2011\/04\/HowDoILoveMeCover1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-717\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/91\/2011\/04\/HowDoILoveMeCover1-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><em><em>Today is Day 7 of my 31 Days of Self-Love posts to celebrate <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/howdoiloveme.com\/\">Self-Love Month<\/a><\/strong> with suggestions for jumpstarting your own self-love.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em><\/em><\/em>We can get very practical in our decisions when we\u2019re busy and these days who isn\u2019t busy? In the quest to get everything done and keep up with social networks, we can lose track of just having some fun. I used to feel guilty playing a game on my computer or dancing around my apartment to music I love. Then it hit me.<\/p>\n<p>If something makes me feel good, it\u2019s loving to do it, no matter how much it\u2019s just a time waster.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s okay to waste some time! Everything we do doesn\u2019t have to be for an end result or definitive purpose. I\u2019d gotten so caught up in life that I forgot to just be spontaneous and forget obligations for a bit. Watch how kids play. They run around, make faces and just change tracks quickly to try something else. While they all may be doing something different, their smiles and screams of laughter reflect joy, which is an essential component of life.<\/p>\n<p>Think about what you can do to let loose and just have fun doing. Then do it!<\/p>\n<p>If it\u2019s fun, it\u2019s good, AND, it\u2019s loving since you\u2019re giving yourself joy. Go play with some kids. Swing on a swing. Build a sand castle. Get in touch with the child-like joy you had when you were young. Get a group of friends together to play ball or hopscotch. It doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s silly as long as it puts a smile on your face. That says, \u201cI love me!\u201d<br \/>\n*********************<\/p>\n<p>Take the <a href=\"http:\/\/howdoiloveme.com\/the-pledge\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>31 Days of Self-Love Challenge<\/strong><\/a>&#8211;a pledge to do something loving for yourself for the next 31 days&#8211;and get my book, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/howdoiloveme.com\/the-book\" target=\"_blank\">How Do I Love Me? Let Me Count the Ways<\/a><\/strong> for free at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/howdoiloveme.com\/\">http:\/\/howdoiloveme.com<\/a><\/strong>. Read my 31 Days of Self-Love Posts from 2011 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lessonsfromarecoveringdoormat\/2011\/02\/31-days-of-self-love-posts.html\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Please leave comments under my posts so we can stay connected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is Day 7 of my 31 Days of Self-Love posts to celebrate Self-Love Month with suggestions for jumpstarting your own self-love. We can get very practical in our decisions when we\u2019re busy and these days who isn\u2019t busy? 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