Wednesday, January 1, 2020
19 Things That 2019 Taught Me About Loving Myself
Over the past year, I’ve learnt that loving yourself means so much more than talking to yourself with goodness or repeating positive affirmations when you are down.
Loving yourself means actively participating in every sphere of your life. It means nurturing your mind, your body, your relations, and your work. It means knowing yourself deeply and wholly. It means knowing what’s good for you and making those choices every day.
Here’s are some of the most important things I’ve learnt from 2019 about loving myself:
1. The cornerstone of self-love is being able to trust yourself.
2. Being able to see someone and letting them know that you do is the greatest gift you can give them. Lead by example.
3. There are more people who see you and care for you than you realize at any given moment.
4. It’s important to let people in and ask for help when you need it. Allow people who love you to show up for you.
5. Good bonds remain. No amount of time or distance can eat through a solid, honest, pure connection between two people. Don’t sweat the small stuff.
6. People who aren’t honest with themselves and brave with their lives can bring you down if you aren’t careful.
7. Spaces are made of people, locations, and activities. Create the spaces you want to be a part of. Change your spaces as often as you need to. It’s a proven way to stay focused and present in your life.
8. There are a lot of different ways of numbing and running away. Stuffing your life with people and work is one of them. Always leave some empty spaces so you have room to breathe and grow.
9. It’s okay to want a partner who will look after you in some ways. You are allowed to want to be picked up when you are defeated.
10. The most important part of being able to heal from your pain is undoing the shame that keeps your truth locked up.
11. Learn to tell the difference between your feelings, your thoughts, and reality. Learn to identify your feelings and trace them back to your thoughts. Separate your thoughts from reality and your mind from who you are. Make this practice a reflex.
12. Your brain is not your enemy. It’s your best friend. Treat it with love and watch how your kind relation with it will make your life softer and easier.
13. Loving your body means feeding it without guilt. It means giving it water and nutrition. It means moving it without punishing it. It means accepting that it may be a little broken but it’s still powerful. It means that the least important thing about it is how it looks.
14. Nobody knows you better than you. Learn to listen to your mind, your body, and your inner voice. Honor them.
15. It doesn’t matter how long it takes you to get where you want to. What matters is that you keep doing your bit to build each day.
16. It is a beautiful and vital thing to show up – for people, for your work, for your craft, for adventure, for your routine. It’s the building block of everything big.
17. The art of consciously creating your life choice by choice, day by day, is a priceless practice. Keep clearing space and moving through life by choosing action.
18. Not everyone will understand your work. Appreciate those who respect you — you don’t need to hold space for those who don’t.
19. Things can fully change from day to day, even from moment to moment. You never know what the next moment will bring. Hold space for surprises and let them arrive. 
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Who Wouldn’t Want to be Happier and More Productive in 2020?
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Chances are no one.
So this year, instead of setting the standard, short-lived New Year’s resolutions — you know the ones — why not be resolute in amplifying your happiness and productivity with some simple practices.
Here are 20 such ones, not to attempt all at once, but instead to try a few at a time. This way, you can discover the ones that really resonate and then turn them into productive, lasting habits.
1. Have the courage to do less. In our overachieving culture, it’s counterintuitive, but you’ll get more done.
2. Do your email in three 30-minute blocks, not incessantly throughout the day.
3. Take a half-hour lunch, always away from your desk and devices.
4. Make your goals SMART: specific, meaningful, actionable, realistic, and trackable.
5. Have no more than five active projects at a time.
6. Put start dates and completion dates on every project.
7. Use time-blocking rather than traditional scheduling.
8. Carve out two hours a day to do critical work with no interruptions or distractions.
9. Know your chronotype to discern the best time to do heavy lifting. Are you a morning lark, a night owl, or a midday emu?
10. At the end of every day, spend 15 minutes planning the next day.
11. Every morning, spend 10 minutes reviewing the plan you made the previous night. Do this before you check email and social media.
12. As you make weekly plans, skip the things that you’re just thinking about, hanging on to with no real reason, or sticking with simply because you started them.
13. Situate yourself wisely. Do admin stuff at your desk and more creative or challenging work in hideouts like conference rooms or offsite spaces.
14. Negotiate ‘Do Not Disturb’ time with your boss and coworkers to avert unnecessary distractions. (And remember it works both ways.)
15. Place new ideas on hold for three days before pursuing them.
16. Beware bright shiny objects. Some may have merit, but most will just distract you.
17. As you wrap up major projects, do a 15-minute CAT: clean up, archive, and trash. (Just imagine your tidy desk and files.)
18. Make your off-the-clock time with family and friends truly count. No devices. No multitasking. No exceptions.
19. Go dark digitally at least an hour before bedtime. That includes not only silencing your smartphone, but also setting it out of reach.
20. Pursue a passion project. It’ll make you surprisingly more productive and engaged in your real work.
And finally, make this your mantra: How many projects I finish is more important than how many I start.
Such wisdom, along with some of these 20 simple practices, will amplify your happiness and productivity in 2020 and beyond.
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Charlie Gilkey is an author, entrepreneur, philosopher, Army veteran, and renowned productivity expert. Founder of Productive Flourishing, Gilkey helps professional creatives, leaders, and changemakers take meaningful action on work that matters. His new book is Start Finishing: How to Go from Idea to Done. Learn more at startfinishingbook.com.
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