8am - woke up, felt depressed, couldn't get up.
9am - got up, struggled off to work.
9 - 11:45am - worked like a slave to finish off the report and handed it in on time.
11:45 - 12:45pm - ate lunch at a nearby cafe while looking for a better job.
1pm - Boss called me in and said my report was awesome, best he'd ever seen. He said I'm the greatest and called in the whole office to congratulate me on my efforts.
5pm - came home, had a great day, feel like such a success.
What a freaking roller coaster.... It happens though, doesn't it?
Someone noticed her hard work and then she felt value in herself. Why do we need someone else to give us value? Why can't we find and exhibit that in ourselves? We need to learn to be proactive and praise ourselves. One good thing is to remember that no one gives us value, we have to find it in ourselves. On the other side, no one can take our value away from us either.
Now look and see that you still possess those abilities even when others aren't complementing you on them. You are still valuable and good right now!
Give yourself 3 honest compliments on what you did right today.
We all need compliments, we all need encouragement and we all need to be told that we are doing well. We need to learn how to self generate compliments and how to pat ourselves on the back. It is a good idea to compliment yourself AT LEAST 3 times a day. We need it just like 3 meals a day! If we skip a meal we start to feel slow and lethargic, the same goes for missing a dose of positive reinforcement.
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