#52SmallThings: A Weekly Self-Care Challenge

Mighties, it's already Friday! 😲 For this week's last self-care challenge we'll be writing ourselves motivational messages for the weekend ahead. 😌

Here’s Mighty staffer @sparklywartanks motivational message:
"You're doing an amazing job navigating all the unexpected changes over the past couple of weeks. Good things are coming your way. Keep going—no need to worry!"

Drop yours below! 💌

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So much has happened this year, positive, negative, and everything in between.

What are 3 things you are grateful to have experienced? What made those experiences important to you?

Mighty staffer @sparklywartanks 3 things are getting closer and going out with her family more, being open and honest with her therapist (which helped her release a lot of grief she was feeling), and setting boundaries with herself and others and sticking to them.

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Mighties, let's take a moment or two to free write today. You can write about something that you’re proud of yourself for accomplishing; a health goal that you have; a challenge you're facing; a poem that you wrote or something that you created; a list of thoughts, phrases, or words that have been on your mind; or even something you're looking forward to.

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This week we'll be exercising our writing muscles and jotting things down, Mighties. ✍️

Today's challenge will be to write a to-do list for the week. What do you need to prioritize?

Let us know in the comments below. 💌

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The clear-cut benefit of forgiveness is pretty obvious: the weight it can lift of off both parties. We don’t know about you, but it can hard and heavy to hold onto resentment, and vice versa for the helplessness that others may feel when they’ve done us — or someone else — wrong.

But this comes with a caveat: forgiveness doesn’t mean we have to allow that hurt to "slide." We get to determine how forgiveness affects us or doesn’t, and how we move forward.

Mighty staffer @sparklywartanks can forgive others from her past that have abandoned her when she really needed someone to support her.

What about you?

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Forgiving others? It can be done.
Forgiving ourselves? Depending on what you’re going through, this might be a little trickier (but nevertheless important).

If you fall into the latter category, today’s prompt is for you. Granting forgiveness toward ourselves is just as important as understanding and coming to terms with our past actions, behaviors, or habits in order to heal.

Mighty staffer @sparklywartanks wants to forgive herself for how she spoke to herself all the years she grappled with perfectionism. She wants to be more gentle with how she interacts with herself and how she manages rejection and setbacks in her life.

What’s something you want to forgive yourself for?

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As a health community, much of our lived experience is, in some way (or all the ways!), impacted by the conditions we ourselves or someone we care about manages on a daily basis.

Our bodies, minds, and emotions influence many facets of our lives, from our daily routines to how we interact with ourselves and those around us. Forgiveness can also play a role as we navigate the ins and outs of those often challenging and sometimes unpredictable or inconsistent conditions.

Mighty staffer @sparklywartanks health taught her that it’s OK to forgive herself for the unhelpful habits she’s developed growing up. She learned it’s also OK to speak up for herself now and change what she needs to in order to live a life that’s better for her.

What has your health taught you about forgiveness?

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