too much thinking, not enough bunnies

Valentine’s Day is around the corner! Show someone (or yourself) some bunny love!

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a plain white image, with two lines of text reading ““easier said than done”” in dark grey, and “reminders about self-care and loving yourself” in a horizontal gradient of light blue, pink, and green

A lot of things, especially when it comes to recovery, are easier said than done. That thought alone can discourage those who are struggling into not trying at all. However, a better way to look at the phrase “easier said than done”, is that being able to say those things is a very good start on the journey towards getting it done. This small series of resources is going to explore that idea.

Let’s take a look at self-love. It’s something that everyone wants to achieve most of the time, whether that be consciously or unconsciously, and yet it is so hard to do, and so commonly absent. It may be easier said than done, but you are worthy of self-love. So please, whenever you’re able, try your best to take small steps towards saying that, and then you can start working towards doing it. Here are a few small tips and reminders that might help. 

compliment yourself whenever you’re able

acknowledge all of your achievements and celebrate them, no matter how big or small

try your best to not be so hard on yourself, or to have too many high expectations on yourself - just do your best

speaking of your best, your best is always good enough

whenever you’re feeling more negative about your appearance, personality, about yourself, or anything like that, try your best for every negative thought to come up with a positive one, or a compliment 

if you can’t do that easily, try treating yourself like a friend - if one of your friends was saying those negative things about themselves, what would you tell them? tell those things to yourself, as well, because you deserve kindness instead of being hard on yourself

remember that self-love isn’t just going to happen, it’s hard, and it’s a long journey, and you might have to go through it more than once, but it will be worth it

there are going to be days where no matter what you do, you won’t be able to feel more positive about yourself, and that’s okay, just try your best to remember that that is not going to be forever - acknowledging when it’s happening, even if you can’t change it, is an important step forward

on days where you can compliment yourself, try writing some of those things down, so on the harder days, you can read them 

accept your feelings and work with them instead of hiding them away or letting them consume you (this one is definitely easier said than done, but i believe in you, even if it takes a long time)

be patient with yourself

try to make time simply for yourself

you are beautiful and wonderful and i’m proud of you

you deserve to be happy

you deserve to be loved

you deserve your own kindness

there is nothing wrong with putting yourself first

I understand that the things above are “easier said than done”, but it is still important to at least say them. 

If you have any tips or reminders you would like to share about self-care and loving yourself, feel free to share them in your reblogs or replies. I hope this could help. And also, if you think you don’t make an effort towards loving yourself and self-care, you read this post. That’s a start. I’m proud of you.