How About Letting Yourself Off the Hook?

Let’s face it, we’ve all had a very stressful year.

I know that I’ve had my emotional ups and downs and I’m learning to give myself a break during these crazy times.  Then I started asking myself why I only give myself these breaks when I am stressed?  Why not all the time so that I don’t GET stressed!

Makes sense to me!

As I started to assess the things I NEED to do in my work life and personal life, I realized that there are things I could let go of completely and others that I could just back off of a little bit.  Just the thought of doing that made me feel like  weight had been removed from my body.

You know that feeling? When your shoulders become lighter and you can stand a little taller. 

So what are some of the things that maybe, just maybe could be let go of? I know that I have a long list but I reached out to my friends when I started thinking about writing this to see what they thought.

I posed the question: If you could let yourself off the hook for one thing next year, what would it be.

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First of all, they loved the question and everyone put some thought into it. Here are some of the bullet points:

  • Worrying about what other people think I SHOULD do

  • Feeling badly about gaining weight

  • Not putting on make-up every day

  • Thinking I could have done better at something

  • Not worrying about the latest fashion when I leave the house

  • Making my priorities priority

I love all those answers and decided they belong on my list as well.

Here is some of my list based on the self-imposed pressures I have put on myself this past year:

  • Not doing yoga EVERY day

  • Not doing my Spanish lesson every day

  • Watching TV when I should be doing something work related

  • Not going outside everyday even though I know it’s good for me

Now, I realize that a lot of us have much bigger things to worry about right now then the lists above (Rents, car payments, finding a job… and the list goes on).

But that’s my point.

When we HAVE to worry about the big things… if we let ourselves off the hook for the little ones we will just feel better.  Who doesn’t want to feel better right now?!

Tell me, what’s on your list?