One of the things about the book "Turn Your Pain into Art" is how it talks about motivating yourself and it gives your ideas on how you can help yourself with breadcrumbs. For instance post it notes. I don’t know why but when I was younger I thought that one day I was going to do something amazing with post it notes and quite honestly I sometimes still feel that way. But while my brain try’s to think of the thousand different projects it can do with them I started using them for other purposes. For one I started to make daily lists. I put down what I am going to do for the day on them and it’s not in any order, it’s just random. So for instance my post it for today goes like this 

• Run 
• 1 post (blog)
• hot tub for leg muscles
• butterfly piece
• Arms, sit ups, squats

It’s pretty basic and it helps me throughout my day to remind me of the things I need to get done before I can do anything else. It helps keep me on track and it’s easy for me to remember throughout the day. 

In the book it talks about using post it notes as "a breadcrumb back to sanity". So if there’s a quote that pops up in my head or I’m feeling down because of my weight then I simply think of something positive and write it on a post it note and put it wherever I feel like. This way I am surrounding myself with self-love and I am leading myself back on the right track to being someone I can accept and love. Of course my self-loving journey has been going on for about three years now and it’s been a tough battle. I deal with loving/ hating myself every day and because of that I have mostly focused on physical things to keep me happy, for instance like running. I focused hard on that and ran all the time. It was the only form of exercise I let myself do. I got fit and turned to work, yoga, and now I focus on the traveling aspect to keep me motivated and show how incredible I am to myself. 

It’s weird, writing inspiring or uplifting things to yourself but I honestly think it’s an interesting way to look at things. It’s rewiring the brain to let yourself know that you are someone worth getting to know, worth being alive, worth someone else’s attention. It’s strange how my life has turned out and I have a lot to learn when it comes to self-love but I am glad that I am on my journey and that I have continued it for three years. 

Here's to many more years of loving and being loved