#confidence — Blog — Just Keep Running Blog

OK. I’m starting two new mini blog series this week and today is the first one! These will run through until the beginning of December and Thursdays will be dedicated to SELF LOVE. I think it’s so important that we acknowledge our self love and also continue to BUILD IT UP. I know that it’s something that I continually struggle with- some days it’s totally “there” and I feel like I’m on top of the world and other days it is a real STRUGGLE just to find one thing that I’m good at.

I believe that it’s important to acknowledge both the hard days and easy days. I also believe in the power of feeling vulnerable. I feel most vulnerable when I’m on the edge of a really big breakthrough and have slowly come to realize that if I just push myself a tad bit further then I will grow and succeed and become a more confident person.

It’s so challenging to push past your comfort zone. Also why is it so challenging to LOVE ourselves?

I know I constantly give other people compliments, but when it comes to myself I struggle somedays to see anything beyond my flaws.

That’s why I’m doing this mini-series. Mainly just to benefit me. I want to check in and let you know how I’m feeling. What I’M doing to build up my self-confidence. How it’s going- the good and bad days.

So, first thing I’m doing TODAY to build up my confidence is creating a note for myself. I came across two key words that are really powerful to ME. I actually came up with them while out on a run (ha)- which is generally when I get my most brillant ideas. Or they come to me at like 4am when I haven’t even had any coffee yet. I wrote down my phrases as “I AM” because that is SUPER POWERFUL WORDS (now I kinda feel like Rachel Hollis ha). I put my note in the bathroom where I brush my teeth. Each time I’m in there I glance at my phrases and repeat them to myself while brushing my teeth/washing my face/etc.

The second thing I’m doing is repeating these phrases to myself as much as possible throughout the day. Maybe it’s while I’m on a run, maybe it’s while I’m getting ready for the day, or when I’m cooking lunch/dinner/breakfast. Whatever time of day it is, I repeat them to myself often!

The third thing I’m doing is squashing those negative thoughts as often as possible. If I’m struggling to remember my phrases, I just try to think of SOMETHING positive that happened to me today. Maybe it’s I got out of bed, maybe it’s I put makeup on, maybe it’s I rocked an exam. Whatever it is, I remind myself that hey- yeah I am a rockstar at that thing and maybe I can also acknowledge that I’m a rockstar at other areas of my life.

My goal is to not let myself go a day without acknowledging something positive about myself. I want to give MYSELF compliments! Because you know what? I’m worth it and you are too. Ok, that’s enough sounding like Rachel Hollis for one day. I hope if you needed to hear that today, then it hit home for you.

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What’s your power phrases?

What’s three things you totally rocked TODAY? -> I ran 9 miles despite it being a ‘Bomb Cyclone’ outside today, Made a killer breakfast, and booked Alex a ‘very much needed’ haircut for tonight!