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You got me thinking this morning about taking care of myself. I feel like I have been taking care of everyone in the house for awhile (just part of life) and wanted to splurge on ME. I had found a wonderful musician that her music really spoke to me. I decided that I was going to get the two cds that have been bookmarked for over a month as a treat to me. :O)
My sponsor told me this week that part of working the Program is not forgetting to have fun. So this weekend I am going to the State Fair w/my sister and another friend. I am leaving my A behind and fortunately he has agreed that I need to get out and enjoy myself. :O) If anyone is looking for me, I can be found by the cheese curd stand! lol
Awesome Megan! I did the same thing after over 10 years of having long curly hair. I have a short stylish bob now and I feel better than ever! Who knew that your hair could drag you down so much?
Wonderful that you are giving 'presents' to yourself. I, too, very recently (like 2 weeks ago) began treating myself to simple pleasures -- for the first time in my 52 years on this planet, I had a professional manicure and pedicure. Love it!
In taking good care of ourselves, not only do we feel better, but we have more to offer others as well.
Little by little in this we forget about the little things that we do for ourselves and I think that it is so great when I here members really going and doing the things for them selves that make them feel better.
I love getting my hair done but also from the stylist point of view. After I am done cutting or coloring someones hair and they absolutly love it and feel so good about them selves it is such a tremendous feeling I get. It's so rewarding. Thanks for the reminder!!! I really need a DO for my self.
I too have learned to take care of me. Eating right, some excercise (situps and butt lifts) Mon-Friday, hair cuts and color, keeping my nails shaped. It is fun to enjoy me again. Congrats!!!!
hey megan....when i was married, i did teh same thing...wore my hair long cuz HE wanted it and i hated it....i am amer.indian with THICK hair and its course too...well it would take a day to dry.....when i dumped the ex i got my hair styled by a REAL stylist and it felt good.....but i was before recovery and so the next bout of depression would come and i would neglect me
jan 04 i got into recovery and when i did step 4 i was so bummed out, depressed all the crap wrong with me, i kinda let me go for a while.....NOW???? i get my hair done every 2 weeks cause it grows so fast, i work out, play tennis again, do arobics in my pool, i do FUN stuff for me, and it feels good....if i don't care about me, how can i expect someone ELSE to????? GOOD 4 U......glad you did that....peace / rosie
LOL I must have been in your head when I was responding to cdb's prayer request. I told her to take care of her when she was done.
3 Years ago I went and had my hair cut (it needed it desperately) and dyed (something I always wanted to do but could not justify the cost) Oh what a treat! I continue to do it as well. My "A" says he notices a change in my feminity after I do it. I do it becase it makes me feel good.
Good for you on taking care of you.
Much Love,
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"Today's problems can not be solved if we still think the way we did when we created them" -Albert Einstein
David62 looks over and notices how nice Megan's new hair doo looks! Woohoo!!
Good deal Megan! So glad to here you are taking care of yourself. I went last week and had a theraputic message! I had given my ex a gift cert. for a message a couple of xmas' ago and she had never used it!! I came across it in a drawer. Whelp....I called them up and they said they would still honor it. Wow! What a treat that was. It felt so great. Sure is so awesome to do something nice for ourselves!
Good deal Megan! So glad to here you are taking care of yourself. I went last week and had a theraputic message! I had given my ex a gift cert. for a message a couple of xmas' ago and she had never used it!! I came across it in a drawer. Whelp....I called them up and they said they would still honor it. Wow! What a treat that was. It felt so great. Sure is so awesome to do something nice for ourselves!