Sometimes enjoying yourself is just more important!
I’ve actually been pretty blasé regarding getting up and doing anything. However, for the past week and a half, I’ve been on vacation. Curled up in my pajamas in a cabin with a fire and a good book doesn’t lend any help to wanting to get up and curl my hair.
As usual, I’ve made the yearly promise to myself that THIS is the year I’ll take care of myself. Now just to keep it. I actually have several “resolutions” that happen to feed into each other and I THINK will help with my motivations.
I need to get my house in order as it’s crazy disorganized. I believe that disorganization is contributing to my lack of motivation. I can’t find things quickly so it’s just easier and less time consuming to throw my hair up into a pony tail and slap minimal makeup on before running out the door at breakneck speed every morning. It doesn’t help that my job is jeans/shirts/tennis shoes oriented so I don’t feel the NEED to do it up right. And as much as I’ve considered finding other work that would force me to dress up nice, I’m comfortable in my job and I like my customers (for the most part) so I think I just need to focus on making me a little happier with myself and then work might not seem so much like drudgery. Tonight, I’m planning on going through my vanity area and weeding out the things I don’t use. I have A LOT of stuff and maybe actually use about 5% (or less!) of it. I think by minimizing, I’ll actually get more use out of the area. Maybe even make room for a small iPod dock.
I’m going to make myself put eyebrow pencil, lipstick and perfume on daily. Period. If I do NOTHING else, this is getting done. And if I don’t have time to do it before I leave the house, I can always run into the restroom as soon as I get to work, or stay in the car an extra minute… but seriously, if I don’t have time for THOSE three things, I *really* need to re-evaluate my time.
I'm also going for actually making time for myself. I'm too busy being mom and wife that I let myself get stuck in a rut. I always feel like I never have time to do anything (set my hair, do my nails - hell, even SHAVE at times!) but I think I've finally realized that I *need* to do those things, and in order for me to do them, I need to make the time. I can't just expect magnificence if I don't put forth any effort, nor should I. The work that gets put into the "final product", as my mother-in-law calls it, is what makes it worth it in the end. After all, putting the work in shows yourself that you're important to you and worth the effort. When I'm dressed just so, my hair is curled, and my makeup is done makes me feel worthwhile and worthy of notice. It gives me confidence which runs over into other aspects of my life. I do better work, I'm more outgoing and friendly with my customers, and I just feel GOOD. That feeling should be my motivation... I just have trouble remembering it. :eusa_doh:
) I'm not quite ready to wake up early and fix my hair, but I feel like I am slowly getting there.
