Fall in Love with Yourself during Covid19 Quarantine
We are something like week four of Social distancing in the wake of COVID-19. At this point many of us can’t even keep the days and weeks straight anymore. In addition to everything on pause, this pandemic has been causing many of us to feel high levels of anxiety , depression and feelings of isolation. It’s a huge adjustment with both negative and positive outcomes. Yes- we are being forced to slow down, be patient and more present .
I had a conversation with friends about this subject and the conversation sparked that maybe its not only about staying inside our homes but more so about going inside ourselves and learning to rebuild that relationship and love within ourselves?
Think about it this way, before COVID-19, as a country we were always on-the-go, grabbing fast food out of windows on the go, road raging in rush hour traffic, instant this and rush delivery that — with a huge sense of normalcy.
Now in the wake of social distancing there is much needed silence, peace and a sense of hurry up and wait. This is a once in a life time moment to get in touch with ourselves,to heal and fall in love with ourselves all over again.
If we are all honest with ourselves- this is something we have needed for a long time. Yes, it happened suddenly and unexpectedly and its something we are not used to but it is something we needed. We all at some point in our lives have dreamed of the day where we could sleep in and not rush off to work, skip rush the hour traffic or crowded public transit commute or simply stop and smell the roses. Those awful days where it felt like we were held captive to the fast pace of life moving all around us, is on pause.
Now that everything around us is closed — bars, sit in restaurants, museums, sports stadiums anything where large crowds congregate for enjoyment, fulfillment and pleasure, the question is what will we do with this time?
We are in the best space to grow ourselves both personally and individually.
There are available hours in your day now to work on yourself and dedicate time to Self Love and a healing process. If we all do this right, we just might walk out of this pandemic not only alive but healed, whole and grounded in various areas of our personal lives.
Falling in love with yourself during this time will require you to do that deep inner spiritual work. Where you confront those hurtful, painful spaces that are holding you back from being the best version of yourself. Maybe it’s childhood abuse, neglect, bullying or sexual trauma’s. Whatever the root may be this is a great time to start facing those traumas and releasing them. The benefit of you finding the root cause to your pain and hurt, will be the very place that you learn to heal, grow and no longer walk in shame, fear or regret. You can always start to journal the feelings, thoughts and emotions around those circumstances, feeling the emotions as you write and accepting them as real then learning how to live with and let go of the parts that hold you captive. Recognizing the roots are the reason for certain behaviors you express or exhibit will help you in the road to being able to love yourself fully and transition into the best version of yourself. (A therapist can help you with this if you don’t feel comfortable doing this work on your own.)
Be intentional and purposeful — This is in regards to what you take with inside yourself. Be intentional about the what you listen to, what you speak,how you speak, what you feel and even the foods you ingest. Loving yourself means you are protecting yourself to the best ability possible and in doing so you are being conscious of what you take into your spirit. So much of who we are and how we love ourselves is shown in this area, a person who truly loves themselves would not put themselves in harms way or risk intentional hurt, harm or cause to themselves. So think about some of the reckless actions you might have participated in, are you being promiscuous? Are you drinking too much? Are you using drugs? Are you listening to violent music and shows often? These are just some areas where we can be conscious about what we take inside ourselves.
Write a love letter to yourself. Think of all the things you would say to someone you admired or had deep feelings for — write that way to yourself. Tell yourself all the things you love and like about yourself. Speak things into existence. The financial stability you want, the career or business of your dreams, the home you envision, the vacations you and your family will take-write it all to yourself. You deserve to speak LOVE to yourself.
Affirm yourself each day — this is the perfect time to become your own cheerleader. Speaking positive words into your life, into your children’s lives and into your loved ones lives as well. This is the perfect time to put that positive energy into the universe; you’ll see it come back tenfold.
Self Care- indulge in some kind of self care routine. Even if its bath bombs and relaxing in the tub while playing music or applying a face mask daily. Whatever it is, just make sure you are loving on you in some way.
For those who are spiritual — pray every morning and talk to Jesus everyday. Start reading a daily devotional.
For those who are into energy work — align your Chakras, burn candles, incense and sage. Mediate.
Read — This has been the perfect time to read Self Help books. Add books on Self Esteem or Trauma to your wish list. We have time to finally begin checking those books off our wish lists. Amazon, Kindle or even the public library has access to thousands of authors and book titles.
Self esteem, self confidence and SELF is the center of any Self Love regimine.
Falling in love with yourself again during this COVID-19 quarantine is much like rediscovering a love once lost with yourself. We have the time to get in touch with ourselves in a way that we have never been able to before. It is our responsibility to nurture this relationship with ourselves and make it a priority during this time. We don’t know how long we will be social distancing from others but this is the perfect time to work on the relationship we have with ourselves.
I would love to hear what you are doing to fall in love with yourself during this time. Feel free to leave me a comment.
