Alright ladies, here is the unapologetically focused countdown list of 101 ways that you can do something for yourself. Feel free to add to the list as well.
- Join a Christian Fiction book club or buy a stack of really great page-turning Christian Fiction novels
- Start a monthly fellowship/bible study with a few of your girlfriends or a quarterly girl’s night out event that incorporates biblical fellowship/bible study with a little fun (Dave & Buster’s, bowling, laser tag, etc.)
- Participate in a free or low cost webinar on a topic that will get you closer to your calling/career passion
- Find an exercise that you truly love (belly dancing, tennis, kickboxing etc.). More than likely, if it’s something you enjoy doing, it is highly likely that you will be diligent with working out
- Find a new hobby
- Keep a journal
- Get a mani-pedi and consider choosing a bright, energetic summer color
- Stop stressing over small stuff… remember our heavenly Daddy has our back!
- Volunteer in your community. This may be another way to tap into your career passion/calling.
- Teach someone else a new hobby (beading, sewing, acting, budget management, yoga, etc.)
- Take hot bubble baths more often
- Get a facial
- Order yourself an edible arrangement fruit package
- Send or buy yourself flowers
- Schedule a massage
- Watch a good television show uninterrupted
- Eat breakfast
- Work less, play more
- Smile more often
- Speak with diplomacy
- Schedule a weekly date night with your hubby, fiancé or boyfriend focusing on your wishes
- Pray for your enemies, especially that evil one at the job
- Get a full 8 hours of sleep each night
- Play hooky from work on your birthday
- Stop trying to please everyone
- Compliment another sista
- Find something daily that makes you laugh until you are in tears
- Take a power nap on Sundays after church
- Practice saying “NO” with a smile and stick with your decision
- Spend more time with your loved ones
- Turn off the mobile phone and home phone ringers for a week
- Throw a handbag and accessories swap party with your girlfriends
- Turn up the speakers on your MP3 and dance like you don’t have a care in the world to your favorite song
- Spend time appreciating nature… God gave us the beautiful trees, flowers and mountains for our enjoyment!
- Take a 10 minute walk during lunch
- Schedule quiet and reflection time weekly
- Speak the word of God over your life daily… practice positive confession
- Light some of your favorite scented candles, grab your MP3 player to listen to soothing jazz and relax
- Turn on your favorite praise music and spend time reverencing and worshipping God
- Look in the mirror and compliment yourself—you are beautifully made in God’s image!
- Drink lots of water. Water serves as a natural purifier for the temple, make sure that you drink at least 64 to 80 ounces a day to be healthy.
- Add at least an additional $5-10 a month to your savings.
- Try something new
- Do something creative
- Be silly today… it’s ok, no one’s watching
- Do something weekly to progress toward your calling or career passion
- Learn self defense
- Introduce a healthy, but delicious food to your diet weekly
- Stop being a controller or perfectionist
- Face a fear head on– no holding back, just you and God.
- Limit your caffeine intake
- Stop trying to be superwoman
- Pay attention to your needs
- Attend an oil painting class
- FORGIVE always
- Learn to unconditionally love yourself
- Consider hiring a housekeeper to clean on a quarterly basis
- Be a role model to a young adolescent
- Talk to a girlfriend or find an anonymous female chat buddy to get things off your chest when you’re stressed
- Buy your favorite childhood game or toy (Pac Man, hula-hoop, etc.)
- Get a massage
- Get organized with everything (home, work, school, etc.)
- Do something nice for yourself daily
- Find something positive to celebrate weekly
- Go to the doctor, gynecologist and dentist
- Go window shopping and try different looks without spending money
- Join a bible teaching church
- Set healthy boundaries.
- Eliminate parasitic things or people that drain you, but remember to keep praying for them.
- In life, sometimes we have to slow down or better yet, STOP.
- Make something creative for yourself or for your home (flower arrangement, abstract art, a gourmet dinner, bead a pair of earrings, etc.)
- Get dressed up and go to a 5-star restaurant for dessert
- Watch your favorite chick-flick. I happen to like the movies Sleepless in Seattle and You’ve Got Mail.
- Go to a paint your own pottery place
- Go on a weekend getaway today.
- Do deep breathing exercises daily
- Play Double Dutch jump rope or Hopscotch with the kids in the neighborhood
- Buy and use a gel-based eye mask that can cooled or heated
- Walk barefoot on a beach
- Join a sewing club or a bowling league
- Be spontaneous every once in a while
- Create your personal mission statement and live by it
- Grow an organic vegetable garden in your backyard
- Request to work a compressed schedule and enjoy more time doing what matter most
- Eliminate anger
- Have a board game party with the girls
- Let go and let God—learn to trust our heavenly Father’s promises
- Borrow economical tips from HGTV or the food network that you can implement this week
- Try karaoke
- Create and work your own “bucket list”
- Go on a road trip
- Act in a community play
- Write a song or poem
- Read the bible
- Listen to your body
- Do away with resentment
- Start a scrapbook or a “Because of God Brag Book” that reflects on His goodness
- Repent and then turn away from guilt
- Write yourself a letter in your journal listing the things you appreciate about yourself (sometimes we can be our worst critic)
- Study what is means to be created in the image and likeness of God
- Discover additional ways to enjoy what God has blessed you with
Employ purposed living,
Aziza Bailey
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I enjoyed this list and need to include alot of these into my life.