Self-Care – Siobhan Muir

Good morning and Happy Monday! There are plenty of people and media influencers telling you how and what to be. As if their knowledge would somehow make you a better person if you lived by their rules. I’m not saying you can’t learn things from media sights (I mean, you’re here reading this and I’m offering advice, lol), but I think we get caught up trying to live by other people’s rules and expectations, and we forget to make our own, that suit us best. Today’s motivation is a good reminder that you don’t have to change yourself for others. If they’re telling you you’re too much for them, do what my daughter does. She says, “that sounds like a you problem.” LOL So here’s your Motivation for this Monday: Like wearing rhinestone shoes? Do it. Like speaking your mind and writing editorials to the paper or blog? Do it. Love D&D and cosplaying the characters? You go, girl. Settled in yourself and know what you want, and what you won’t put up with? Cool beans, stick with it because you don’t deserve less. Today is the day for you to be magical and sparkly. Carry that energy all week. Happy Monday!

Good morning and Happy Monday! Happy Women’s History Month! This is a great time to focus on the great things about being a woman (even if the world is on fire). Being a woman in this world isn’t easy. There are plenty of places where being a woman is the hardest person to be – and yet, the world NEEDS women, for our understanding, compassion, empathy, and fire. The world will try to drag us all down, destroy our self-esteem, confidence, and understanding of the power we wield. It’s why legislatures are trying to dismantle women’s rights in so many places. Because we are powerful. Don’t feel that? It’s understandable with onslaught of messages trying to cut you down. So here’s the first step in recovering your power with Motivation for this Monday: Iris Apfel recently passed away – a fashion icon who didn’t let anyone tell her how to dress even though she was 102! The woman in the yellow coat looks like her. Don’t let anyone tell you how you should be as a woman. You get to choose your own style, your own way of getting things done. The only expectations you need to fulfill are your own. You’ve survived this long and you know how things work for you. Don’t let anyone tell you how you do things is wrong – are they living your life? Nope. Of course it’s okay to seek and take advice – sometimes you can learn better ways of doing things – but you owe no one explanations for why and how you do things, and you don’t have to wear their expectations like an ill-fitting pair of shoes. YOU are the woman you’re meant to be. Be her to the fullest. Happy Women’s History Month and Happy Monday!

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