Category Archives: #FeelGoodFriday

What I Didn’t Give Up

Hi Everyone! Happy Friday and Happy International Women’s Day to all of my beautiful and powerful ladies out there!

For this #feelgoodfriday I decided to talk about what I am doing for Lent this year. I don’t really talk about my religion on my social platforms, and this really isn’t completely about religion either, but I am using Lent and my beliefs to instill something more in my life!

So for Lent you are usually expected to give something up to reflect on what the Lord gave up for us and sacrificed for us during this time. While I was sitting in the pew on Ash Wednesday, still not sure what I was going to give up, I realized something:

Lent is a time for gratitude, reflection, and appreciation. 

So instead of giving up a material item this year, I have decided to instill something instead.

I have decided to instill those things that the church tries to teach us every year during lent: gratitude, reflection, and appreciation.

I have always been a huge fan of self-reflection. Throughout my college years I really started diving into it, but lately it has not been something I have practiced frequently. So for lent, I have decided to start practicing it everyday along with prayer.

Whether you are a believer or not, I feel like self-reflection is so important for growth and learning about the world around you and yourself.

Don’t know where to start? I’ve got you!

Like I have said before, this might not be your thing and I am seriously not all-knowing, this is just what I am doing and I thought maybe this could help you on your journey too!

These are the questions I ask myself everyday now:

  • What am I doing to learn?
  • What am I doing to grow?
  • What am I grateful for?
  • What am I doing for others?
  • What am I doing for myself?

I personally either write in my journal the answers to these questions or I just think about them when I have 5 minutes of free time!

I also made a template for you to keep or share with others as well!

Daily Reflection

 

I hope you have an amazing weekend! Let me know what you think of today’s post! Let’s talk about it!

Stay curious and kind,

–TheBestSings

Feeling Good at 23

On Tuesday of this week, I turned 23. I have spent a lot of this week realizing that this is the best that I have felt about myself EVER. So I started thinking “what makes me feel this way?” “what lessons have I learned in my 23 short years to make me so happy in life?”.

These are the 23 things that I have learned and realize to help me feel good about myself and the world around me.

  1. Your real friends will tell you how they feel, but support you no matter what.

Everyone is different, includint the people we surround ourselves with, but the true people that are meant to be in your life, even if they disagree with you, will support you no matter what.

2. If you ever want to feel like a VS model, throw a short dress on and put on some black thigh highs.

Thank me later.

3. People always say “practice makes perfect”, but I disagree. I think I learned this in high school band and it serioualy apploies to every aspect of my life. “Perfect practice makes perfect”. 

4. Don’t stop yourself from doing something that makes you happy just becuase you’re scared of what people will think. 

I’ll use this platform as an example. When I started my blog and correlating Instagram, I was so scared people would judge me, and they did. I have lost hundreds of followers, including friends. BUT IT’S OKAY!! Not everyone will want to see everything you’re doing. It’s not their cup of tea and THAT IS OKAY. As long as you are doing what makes you happy, you’ll find the people that want to follow along on your journey, whatever that may be.

5. Avocados make everything better. 

Amen.

6. Learn to be comfortable with discomfort. 

I learned this one during student teaching. This world and society like to make us think and feel certain ways. So whenever something isn’t a part of the status quo or something of that sort, those topics are avoided. To grow your mind, heart, and spirit, I feel like it is important to talk about and experience the things that make us uncomfortable to ultimatly be comfortable in that discomfort.

7. The perfect shade of red lipstick is out there. And once you find yours, you will feel unstoppable. 

Mine is Estee Lauder! Revlon Ultra HD Matte is also a great one.

8. Never stop being curious. 

The more curious you are, the more you learn.

9. Learn to see the good. 

As difficult as this is sometimes, we have one life. See the good in it and I promise you will wake up everyday more excited to live this life. Also, learn to see the good in people, even the ones that make it difficult to.

10. Mental health is important. 

For a long period of my life I avoided this statement because I didn’t realize what it was doing to me and to others around me. When I started prioritizing it, I became a kinder person to other and myself.

11. Mile Cyrus and Lady Gaga are the queens. 

Fight me on it. I promise I’ll win. 😉

12. To show vulernability and transparency requires an unbelievable amount of stength. 

Being yourself and not apologizing for how you feel is hard, but worth it.

13. A fresh set of nails is telling the world you have your shit together and that you are FIERCE and READY. 

14. Everybody is different and every body is beautiful.

AKA fuck society’s standards of beauty.

15. Work out.

Even if it’s literally once a week, challenge your body and see it’s potential.

16. Never go out without feeling like a 10/10.

Even if it takes 3 hours to get there, you deserve to be insecurity-free and feeling like a DIME when you go out.

17. Collaboration over competition. 

Support each other. It gets lonely when all you think about is yourself.

18. It is okay to binge-watch a whole series on Netflix in one night while drinking a bottle of wine. 

DO IT. You deserve it.

19. Self reflection will seriously change your life. 

20. Pineapple belongs on pizza. 

21. Never lower your standards. 

You are priceless, so find people that treat you that way.

22. Everyone has a story. If you take the time to listen to it, you might find out some pretty amazing things. Even about yourself. 

23. Choose Joy.

That’s all I have for you today, friends 🙂

Always remember,

Stay curious & kind

–-TheBestSings