Three Wins- an exercise for fishies!

[dreadbunny]

"Three Wins

Either in your gratitude journal (or in a separate notebook), celebrate yourself nightly by listing three things that you risked doing that you are proud of - even the small things count. :sun

Examples: overcoming a fear, trying something new, breaking a habit, facing the truth and/or speaking it.

Try physically patting yourself on the back or hugging yourself after writing them down. It feels great and you deserve it! :love "

Okay, I'll start... :sarcasm

Three things I did today that I'm proud of-

:bullet I listed some stuff on eBay to sell so I can unclutter my house and make some much-needed cash!

:bullet I didn't lounge around in my pajamas all day feeling dumpy- I took a shower and put on a nice outfit and some makeup. Even if I'm the only one who sees me I still want to look nice! :winky

:bullet I'm feeling anxious to the thirteenth degree right now because someone I want to call me hasn't called me but I'm just going to take a walk and then a bath and mellow out about it and not immediately feel like I'm fat.

Who's next?

:love and strength,
:bunny

[smiles-a-lot]

Ok I'll try next! Today was stressful so this will be helpful for me... good thread!

:sun I talked myself through the anxiety I felt after eating (with a friend) and helped myself to rationalize and realize that I need to eat to be healthy!

:sun I worked on a project at work that is very difficult and accomplished a lot with it.

:sun hmm now it's getting harder.... let's see something small..... I told myself something postive this morning to help boost my self-esteem (a friend encouraged me to do this daily... says it helps you to stop looking at yourself so negatively!)

This is harder than it seems! I'll keep trying every day though so I can begin to boost my self esteem and realize I am a worthwhile person! :happy

[fefa]

:flower: I forgave a friend of mine that hurt me a lot, I am learning to accept things, accepting the people as what they are
:flower- I am trying to see myself. yes, I changed a lot and somethimes it is hard
:flower- I am going to try to go out with friends without worrying about food, but enjoying where I am at!!

[Janeway]

Okay, here are my possibly cheesy proud moments of today:

- I fought the urge to purge -- and won.

- I asked my building super to fix something in my apartment WITHOUT the numerous apologies I usually give him when I have to "bother" him. I just asked, and said thanks.

Wow, this is hard. Let me see...oh yeah!

- I finally deleted the many months old emails of an x-boyfriend who stomped all over my heart. Good bye. Yay!

There.

Jane

[starbrightstarlight]

Alright, this is a way too :cool thread, but its been a really tough day so im gonna try this dont know if i can get three tho.

hmmmmmmm lets see:

I talked to my best friend about my dad issues :sad

I got up on time and made it work on time :yay

I am going to go walk my :doggy (usually i have my mom do it, but i want to today :winky)

I hope that those were okay to list. That is all that i coudl think of. I am very :surprise d that i got three. hmmmmm i dunno. Anyway stay strong everyone.

[ballerinagirl]

:starsI got up and out of bed this morning and went for a walk. (Twice, actually, I went for a walk.:sarcasm Nervous energy - hehe.)

:starsI told my friend Wendy about overdosing on sleeping pills on the weekend and she was reeeeeeally nice about it.:touched:cry

:starsI went with another friend to speak to the pastor of the church, and managed to spit out "Ihaveaneatingdisorderandalsostrugglewithdepression".:surprise

Love,
Sarah:wand

[dreadbunny]

Since today is a new day, I've got new answers for this. :sarcasm

:wand I held my ground in a discussion with my grandmother who tries to sway my choices and undermine my decisions.

:wand I returned my overdue library books!

:wand I am fighting the urge to take sleeping pills (which I tend to do when my anxiety level raises too high). :ugh

:love to all
:bunny

[purple_tao]

G'day :fishy !!

Hmm........yes, I think this will be hard. I can immediately think of two:

:stars Bought a journal this morning and plan on using it !!! I want to learn more about me, what makes me tick, and how to stop using b/p as a stress-release :ugh

:stars Wanted to eat a huge lunch and b/p (see!!)......but........drumroll....... I didn't!! I had an excellent, healthy lo-fat lunch and didn't continue rumaging through my flippin kitchen :supergrin

hmm....... pausing for brain to DO SOMETHING :ugh :ugh

okay, how about

:stars Did some filing. Believe me, if you had seen the pile....... eesh, that was a job. And since my magazine piles are next to it, oh, about five or six one-foot-high piles, I organized them into same-mag piles.

Well, that wasn't too tough really.
:bunny, great topic (as usual) !!!
:love

[Pella]

:sun I went to a singles get together last
night even though I felt like chickening
out!

:sun I spoke with my father on the phone
tonight after not talking to him for some
time. It was a good convo.

:sun I got REALLY dressed up for work
today! (usually I dress pretty casual)

[dreadbunny]

Here I go again...

:wand I had a chocolate banana malt and thorougly enjoyed it. :muhaha

:wand I made my needs clear in two of my more destructive relationships. :ugh

:wand I didn't lose hope. :stars :bibri :stars

:love & strength
:bunny

[dreadbunny]

Back again...

:wand Didn't spend the day camped out by the telephone waiting for a certain person to call even though that's what I felt like doing. :ugh

:wand Went grocery shopping and bought myself a cheap but pretty little batch of daisies :flower !

:wand Am doing laundry so I don't have to wear the same black top and dark denim jeans until they rot off my body in tattered rags...

:love & :bibri
:bunny

[SandyClaws]

Let us see what I did

Today I----

:cousinit Woke up on time despite going to bed at one AM. I painted and sanded my room!!! :supergrin


:cousinit I didn't purge all day yesterday and all day today!!!!



:cousinit I gave every Jamaican Lady at my work today a hug!!!!! :muhaha

Laugh it up,

Sandy Claws

[Tap Freak]

:stars I sat out in the garden in the :sun without covering up every inch of my body with clothes! (big thing for me as I even wore a sleeveless top and I have scars on my arms which I am none too pround of :ugh) :stars

:stars I wrote a letter telling my sister I have a treatment assessment to go to - was supposed to tell her on phone over weekend but chickened out, but hey, writing is the next best thing... :stars

:stars I went and got my hair cut which I usually avoid because I hate looking at myself in the mirrors at the salon :stars

:bowtie Tap

[RainbowGirl]

:rainbow I went to the computer lab and looked for jobs to apply for.

:rainbow I was responsible in a certain area of my life that often sees my irresponsibility

:rainbow I washed the bathtub.

[sillygirl]

hmmm, today has not been the best day, but i am still going to try!!

- i bought a thank you card for a co-worker who invited me to get together

- i told a friend what i was really thinking instead of glossing over the truth

- well, it was at midnight, so i guess that counts as today: i left my therapist a voice mail telling her i had something important to talk about with her (have been avoiding it for months) in our next session, and that i may need a push to get it out, but that i am ready to work through it

wow, i feel lots better now!!! thanks for the post; i am going to try this more often!!!

lotsa luv,
court

[Chriszgirl]

:happy :stars I woke up this morning and wrote a thank you card to my dad for giving me life......we don't even speak!

:happy :stars I washed ALL my husbands work clothes and IRONED them! :surprise

:happy :stars I went out and bought a frame and put a picture of just me and sent it to a very old friend....i hate pictures of myself!


I am taking small little steps to build my self esteem everyday.....sending that thank you card was a huge step and a great feeling! :love

[Twilastar]

:hugon:fishy&dread:bunny:hugoff

:hairyToday I am going to spend thirty mins standing behind my car. I have always had a fear of being backed over by a car. I don't like to walk behind cars. I always feared that something would turn it on really fast and that it would back up and kill me...:muhaha it's true


:loveI will be working on more Pirouettes


:sleepyI will go to sleep eariler



:cute
Gen:bibri