Be Your Best Self in 2012

Views: 73
Added: Thu. Jan 26, 2012 10:53pm
Posted in: Living

• » print
• » report
• » email

"Throw Yourself a Tea Party" is post 11 of Be Brave. Lose the Beige’s 12 days of New Years Resolutions.

The white rabbit in Alice In Wonderland kept muttering..."I’m late, I’m late for a very important date" And I say, yes you are! That very important date is with yourself, at least once in a while. It’s a great idea to take a break from stress and schedules and invite yourself out to a virtual tea party. If you don’t want to actually host a tea party for your self complete with mismatched cups and saucers, tea sandwiches, and one rather toothy cat, why not envision some other kind of afternoon or evening date with yourself. It can be in whatever form you choose - a walk in the park, a shopping expedition, a spa treatment, a museum outing, a movie, rifling through an antique shop - whatever the activity, it should be one of your favorites and it should be done alone. It’s amazing how little time we spend with ourselves and how rejuvenating it can be. Pamper your passions. This is your opportunity to be just a little bit selfish.

 

And finally the twelfth and final post of Be Brave. Lose the Beige’s 12 days of New Years Resolutions.

 Previous posts have urged Lady boomers to exercise their creative muscles, to infuse their lives with more color and fun, take mini adventures, evaluate their empty nests, and even examine their purses for excess baggage. 

The ultimate objective of the exercises proposed in these posts has been to encourage Lady Boomers and other empty nesters to transform their lives a little bit at a time, through daily activities and choices. "Transformation" can be an intimidating concept. Little steps, however, make this objective easier to achieve. These exercises are designed to remove the obstacles obscuring who you really are. As Rod Styker, meditation and yoga instructor says, " We are not transforming into something we aspire to. We’re transforming into the very thing we are innately- our best self."

Here’s hoping you meet your best self this year.