Put Your Oxygen Mask On First

What are your intentions for this year?

Here it is two months into the new year. Have you changed anything in your life? Have you given up on what you said you would change?

One of the things so many people promise themselves is that they will take better care of themselves.

Are you one of those people?

Are you taking better care of you?

Are you making time for yourself? Are you learning to say “No” to things that you don’t want to do or things that you don’t really have time to do or things that are just too much on your schedule?

If you answered “Yes”, congratulations!

If you answered “No” or had to think about it, then maybe you need to make some changes in your life.

Were you taught that:

• You highest calling is being in service to others?
• Giving is better than receiving?
• You have no purpose if you aren’t serving others?
• You should put everyone else first?

Guess what, when you put everyone else first, where does that leave you? Last!!

Do you truly want to be the lowest priority in your life?

Alternatives to being “in service to others”

• Would it be better to assist and guide?
• Offer other avenues to them?
• What if you could care for rather than carry them?

Sometimes you must serve others, so consider what can you add to your life to make it more enjoyable? What if adding works better than removing?

What if you could add:

• Getting assistance
• Taking more breaks
• Scheduling time for you
• Relaxing – Give yourself permission

It’s OK to care for you! There’s a reason to put your own oxygen mask on first! You must take care of you first!

As Eleanor Brownn said: “Self-care isn’t selfish. You cannot serve from an empty vessel.”

It’s time to put YOU into your schedule first and stick to it!

Would you like to make YOU a priority in your life? Join Dawn’s live event: Reboot Your Boundaries and Your Relationships and learn to set healthy boundaries, reset your relationships and reclaim your life.

It’s time for a reboot so you can  stop living for everyone else and start creating a life that serves YOU, YOUR DESIRES AND YOUR NEEDS!