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\"\"<\/a>Today is Day 12 of my 31 Days of Self-Love posts to celebrate Self-Love Month<\/a><\/strong> with suggestions for jump-starting your own self-love and joining The Self-Love Movement<\/strong><\/a>\u2122.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I\u2019m happy to have self-love ambassador Caren Schmidt,<\/strong><\/a> a Holistic Health Coach, New Directions Wellness, as my guest today. Do you put yourself in your daily planner.You should! Is ME time a priority. Making time your you says “I love me!” Today Caren offers some insight into the importance of doing it.<\/p>\n

Penciling Yourself In<\/strong>
\nBy Caren Schmidt<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Do you ever feel like you have so much to do and so little time? Do you feel like if you add one more thing to your plate you\u2019ll scream?\u00a0 I know because I have been guilty of that and sometimes still am.\u00a0 I had a friend ask me recently, \u201cWhat can you take off your plate?\u201d.\u00a0 My answer was quick and easy\u2026nothing. Everything I have to do is important.\u00a0 Just like your mile long to do list is important.\u00a0 Maybe the priority should be prioritizing.\u00a0 Sounds easy enough, just put your list in order and get it done.\u00a0 Hold on\u2026what? Isn\u2019t it selfish to schedule time just for me?\u00a0 NO it isn\u2019t, in fact it is one of the least selfish things you can do.\u00a0 How do you expect to take care of others if you aren\u2019t taking care of yourself?<\/p>\n

My list keeps growing.<\/strong>
\nI bet it does, you check off one thing and add three more.\u00a0 And if you are like me, some of those things are permanent on the list.\u00a0 Those things that have become part of your already hectic routine.\u00a0 So what do you do?\u00a0 It\u2019s great to have a full busy life.\u00a0 You live with purpose or you try to.\u00a0 You are juggling a family,children, work, time with your partner and your friends.\u00a0 Something is still missing.\u00a0 Where are YOU on that list?\u00a0 You mark off and add things to the list and still you are not a priority on that list.<\/p>\n

When you get right down to it, you are neglecting yourself.\u00a0 You put everyone and everything first. You\u2019re running in every direction at once and you forget that you too need to be on the list.\u00a0 There is a solution.\u00a0 Schedule self care! It sounds silly, it did to me when I first heard it.\u00a0 Schedule self care? On my calendar?\u00a0 It almost sounded absurd when I first heard the notion so I ignored the idea and kept letting my life run me.\u00a0 I was working full time, going to school and starting a business.\u00a0 I thought I just had a normal, busy life.<\/p>\n

Somehow I knew there had to be more.\u00a0 Others I knew with similar lives seemed to live their life effortlessly.\u00a0 They seemed rested and had time for everything they wanted to do.\u00a0 I was curious how they were able to manage a busy life and still have time for simple pleasures in their lives.\u00a0 The answer was always the same, they scheduled time for themselves.<\/p>\n

You have an appointment with YOU<\/strong>
\nAs odd as it sounded to me, the only logical thing to do was to add myself to my calendar. So that is what I did, I penciled myself in.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t really matter when you do it the point is to do it, and do it weekly.\u00a0 Just like the rest of your agenda that you follow and check off, self care becomes a part of your to do list.\u00a0 The good thing about scheduling time for you is the habit you are creating. After doing this practice for a few months it becomes a habit and then you wonder how you ever neglected yourself in the first place.<\/p>\n

Where do you begin? As they say, just do it.\u00a0 Make it creative and fun. Write your self care on your calendar in a different color and use that color for you only.\u00a0 This way whenever you open your datebook you will see what you have coming up. The excitement will build and you will become excited when you open up and see your color.\u00a0 Keep it simple but make it fun.\u00a0 You are important and your no good to anyone if you are depleted. So when you get your 2013 calendar and begin entering birthdays, anniversaries and other special occasions remember to include yourself.\u00a0 A yoga session here, an afternoon of gardening there, and even time to just sit and be.\u00a0 Just remember to pencil yourself in\u2026.and enjoy.
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Join The <\/strong>Self-Love Movement\u2122<\/strong><\/a>! Take the 31 Days of Self-Love Commitment<\/strong><\/a> and get my book, How Do I Love Me? Let Me Count the Ways<\/a><\/strong> for free at http:\/\/howdoiloveme.com<\/a><\/strong>. Read my 2012 31 Days of Self-Love Posts HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Please leave comments under my posts so we can stay connected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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