@lucas 16 February 2021 more from that month

🌞 A Little Motivation 🌻

For a long time, I didn't care about my own life, and I was furious about it. 😠 I felt like other people got lucky and found their place; if only I had been able to talk to that girl or join a club, maybe life would be different. 🙃 My dream was to restart as a different person – skinnier and less miserable. 😒 But I kept forcing myself to get up every dark day. 🌥 **I tried hard to form habits that I knew were good ones.** ⏰ Wake up at the same time every MORNING. 👄 Brush your teeth. 🚿 Bathe and put on fresh clothes. 💪 Do some exercise; start with one sit-up or a squat. 🧠 Take care of your most important muscle. Do a puzzle or play an engaging game. Chat with family and friends, about anything! I looked for valuable ways to spend my time! 🕑 Not valuable to others, or valuable for money. 💸 **I found things that made me feel productive.** For me, it was splitting firewood each morning in the Winter. ❄ After that, I found that I enjoyed doing chores around the house while listening to audiobooks or music. 🎧 My family appreciated the help, and I didn't even see it as chores! 😃 **Do you know what I found? 🤔** Things that once made me anxious, ◾ 😰 They weren't so big anymore. ▪ 😮 My friends and family knew I could be depended on. 👩‍❤️‍👩 More importantly, I knew I could be depended on. ✊ I knew I was valuable, that I had things to offer the world. I knew I did, in fact, care about my life. 🤗 **I believe the most important thing is to be able to value and love yourself.** Everything else comes naturally. 🏞 When you get up every day caring about your life, 🌞 You have the motivation to do the exercise to lose that weight. 🏋 Not because you need to change, but because it will feel good. For YOU! ☝ **You care what others think of you, not in an unhealthy way, but because they might see something that you don't.** It's no longer a competition or a fight to me. 💢 We are all trying to do our best, going through struggles as I was and am. 😔 Understand that we are all fighting for the same things. We want to be happy. 🙂 Life is beautiful and valuable. ☮ Keep moving forward. ⏩ I hope you'll see the beauty too, one day. 🌻