Being the best version of yourself, requires work on a daily basis, offering endless benefits of personal growth resulting in self-confidence, acceptance, gratification and satisfaction.
As part of our endeavour to enhance the lives of the women in our Jamat, the Women`s Activities Portfolio for Angola, shared the following 14 daily tips, offered in 3 languages, culminating on Valentine’s Day to enrich and strengthen the general well-being on all levels.
1. Set goals, be micro ambitious, realistic. Achievable short-term goals are the key to accomplishments. Have a to do list and a bucket list. A reality and a dream. When you realize your short-term goals, your will be closer to your bucket list vision.
2. Take care of your immunity, making sure you are getting the recommended daily dosage of vitamins and minerals from your food and supplements. A compromised immune system will not be able to sustain us through the rigors and challenges of daily living.
3. Write, write, and write. Keep a daily journal. Hold yourself accountable. A daily journal becomes your best friend without judgment. You can track your goals, and targets, strengthen your memory and concentration, improve your written skills and free your innermost thoughts. Revisiting a journal is an incredible experience to track how you are evolving.
4. Kindness and generosity. A language the deaf can hear and the blind can see. Share your good fortune by donating your time, your resources with the elderly and needy. If you give, you receive. Distribute your blessings.
5. Happiness with hobbies. Cultivate a hobby and broaden your horizons, exposing yourself to new ideas and personal growth. Hobbies challenge your comfort zone, eradicate boredom, and boost self-esteem and confidence and open doors to new people.
6. Live within your means. Plan a monthly budget. Save something for a rainy day. Spending haphazardly without awareness will create stress and anxiety.
7. Limit social media. Studies show 11 years of our lives are spent on scrolling down social media. A bit over a decade. That is a tremendous amount of physical strain on your eyes, neck, brain, to say nothing of the stress, intrusion and anxiety it generates. Stay in touch. Make a phone call, converse, hear a voice. The human touch and connection is a very powerful medium. More than your ipad and phone. Remember, your children will follow by your example.
8. The power of now. The past is gone, the future unknown. The only truth is this particular moment, now. Revel in it, live it, feel it, because this too shall pass. We are so focused on planning and not doing. Be mindful and balance your thoughts of the past and the future, focusing more on the present.
9. Time for yourself. We are bombarded by the demands of our daily lives and the frenetic pace to keep up. Recharge your batteries, make it your mantra and set a time for you. These selfish moments, permit us to give endless hours and you deserve it.
10. Take care of your immunity, making sure you are getting the recommended daily dose of vitamins and minerals from your food and supplements. A compromised immune system will not be able to sustain us through the rigors and challenges of daily living.
11. Stand by a motto. Treating others as you wish to be treated, saying nothing if there is nothing good to say. Find something that resonates with your integrity and live by example.
12. Up to 60 % of the human body is made of water. Hydrate yourselves sufficiently. Flush out toxins and regenerate your system. Incorporate green tea to assist blow flow and circulation, lemon water to aid digestion and provide vitamin C.
13. Comparison is the thief of joy. Our value as a woman should not be measured by the numbers on a scale, who we know, who wore what, who has how much. Our individual power lies in honoring ourselves, setting personal goals, building self-confidence and adapting to change without fear. As much as we take care of that - that will take care of us. Claim your individuality by aspiring to meet “YOUR” standards.
14. SMILE! Lift the corners of your mouth upwards. Smiling is both a universal and biological expression. Babies, including those who are born blind smile from 5 weeks. You know the joy when you see a baby smile. On the average children smile and laugh up to 400 times a day. Adults smile 20 times a day. Find that child in you. Build positive emotions. Communicate without words. Spread happiness. Receive it in return. HAPPY VALENTINES’ DAY!
