Hey!! Today is my 38th birthday. Grateful for another trip around the sun and I felt compelled to write a list of 38 thoughts/words of wisdom that have inspired me…
1. Be creative everyday
2. Communicate with transparency in interpersonal relationships
3. Get out of your comfort zone
4. Use post it notes to organize, prioritize and remind yourself
5. Learn something new everyday
6. Surround yourself with successful people
7. Listen to more music
8. Understand your biases so you can move past them
9. Use your voice (both verbally and written) to share your ideas, thoughts and opinions (the world needs it)
10. Don’t follow the trends or masses
11. You don’t have to like, watch or do everything online, that your friends post/do or because everyone else is doing it
12. Sit in silence
13. Meditate and journal daily and in that order
14. Run (longer but slower), stretch and foam roll
15. Be better than you were yesterday
16. Being disciplined with yourself is self love
17. Drink more water
18. Nail polish isn’t something I need to wear everyday
19. Hug and say I love you to the kids/hubby multiple times a day
20. Your best & highest self is who you should connect to everyday
21. Reach out of your network to make new connections
22. Being an introvert is amazing
23. Read more / scroll less
24. Brain dumps and list making is very therapeutic
25. There are 3 mindsets you can use in any situation: growth, opportunity & detachment
26. Try your beat to envision your best self/life everyday (especially on the hard days)
27. Forest walks for the win
28. Before you go to bed: brush/floss your teeth, wash your face, wear an eye cream and brush your hair with your head upside down
29. If you really want something, talk openly about it to people who can support you in getting there
30. Listen, always listen
31. Know you are loved + love yourself
32. Appreciate where you are (knowing you wanted this!)
33. Dress up (and take a picture of your OOTD whenever you can!)
34. Slow down, rest, pIgor but then keep going
35. Mornings are my magic (morning pages, morning walks and especially morning distance runs)
36. Dance, for no reason
37. If you want something done right, best to do it yourself
38. Be grateful, always!