35 ways to Celebrate YOU on Valentine’s Day

With Valentine’s Day around the corner there are lots of ideas (and chocolate and dinner reservations and champagne and teddy bears) aimed at you to buy for your partner/loved ones. All sorts of things that Hallmark has us convinced (kinda) are a necessity to show our love and appreciation for the special people in our lives.

Well, I am going to go out on a limb here and say that they overlook what you should be doing everyday, a person that you should be showing your love and appreciation to, every single day – YOU!

That’s right. You. You’re a rockstar. An angel. A mom. A sister. A girlfriend. A friend. A diva. The big cheese. El numero uno. The top dog. Wonder Woman. The world’s sunshine.

And my guess is you have the weight of the world on your shoulders. Or if you are a lucky one and don’t carry that weight, chances are you still don’t take enough time for yourself every.single.day.

So in honor of Valentine’s Day and YOU and how I think you should celebrate Valentine’s day to you every.single.day, here’s a laundry (no, that was NOT a reminder to do laundry) list of things that you can do, even for FIVE minutes every.single.day to show you, the rockstar that you are, some love.

Stop. Look around you. Breathe
Sit down, stop, look around you and breathe
Soak your feet in a bowl of hot water

When you next pull into a parking place, sit and be still for a minute
Get a haircut
Get a massage/manicure/pedicure
Walk your dog. Walk a friend’s dog

Pet a dog. Like really, give it a good scratch
Sit on the floor with a child
Have a nice cup o’tea

Write in your journal. Or start a journal
Clip images/words you like out of the magazines you keep lying around. Put them on your fridge
Go to a yoga class
Visit your local library and take out a book. Or apply for a card

Hit the snooze button
Play hookey from work
Reach out and give someone a hug
Call a friend you haven’t connected with in awhile

Floss
Buy flowers
Walk barefoot in the sand

Hold hands with someone
Visit a museum
Play on the kid’s playground. Swing on the swings

Write a card to someone special to you. Mail it.
Shovel your neighbour’s driveway when it snows
Practice a random act of kindness
Unplug from your computer