Respect yourself

Most people have at least one person they would never let down [maybe a boss, a friend, their mum]. Someone who, if they say they’ll do something for, they will always do it.

Sometimes the reason they’ll always follow through is because they’re scared of that person. But normally it’s because they respect them. You know, really respect them.

Most people have that person. And for most people, that person is not themselves.

People come to see me and they say blahblahblah – Irespectmyselfbut – blahblahblah – I’mnotachieving. My suggestion is this: if you respect yourself, if you really respect yourself, you do the things for yourself, that you say you’re going to do.

What would happen if, for the next week you treated yourself with complete respect: you nourished your body and your brain; you treated yourself kindly [gentle language, celebration not judgment, no shaming]; and you followed through on all the promises you made to yourself. All of them.

What would happen if, just for one week, you treated yourself as well as you treat the people you hold in the highest regard?

If you’re curious to see what might happen, try this: keep notes [a phone can be good for this] on everything you say you’re going to do [go to the gym three times, set up an automatic debit, call my landlord, not bitch about anyone, take my lunch to work]. Then cross them off as you do them and notice which ones you find hardest.