Time to Say “Yes” to Yourself.

Hey Friends ❤️

Here is your Daily Power Note From Basia.

It is so easy for us to say yes to our children, our spouses, our families, our friends, and all the people we love.

We say yes to helping.

Yes to showing up.

Yes to solving the problem.

Yes to making the sacrifice.

Yes to putting someone else’s needs ahead of our own.

But somehow, when it comes time to say yes to ourselves, we hesitate.

We say:

“Not yet.”

“Maybe next month.”

“When things calm down.”

“When the kids are settled.”

“When I have more money.”

“When everyone else is okay.”

And before we know it, years can pass while we keep postponing ourselves.

Today, that habit of self-abandonment and self-betrayal ends.

You have enough love to go around.

Loving yourself does not mean you have less love available for your family.

Choosing yourself does not mean you have stopped caring about other people.

Taking care of your dreams does not make you selfish.

In fact, real love begins with self-love.

Because when you constantly give from a place of depletion, resentment eventually starts creeping in.

But when you make room for yourself too, you can love people from a healthier and more fulfilled place.

You deserve a yes too.

Yes to the trip you keep postponing.

Yes to starting the business.

Yes to taking the class.

Yes to changing careers.

Yes to getting healthier.

Yes to buying yourself something you have wanted.

Yes to an afternoon of doing absolutely nothing.

Yes to asking for help.

Yes to saying no.

Yes to pursuing the dream everyone else thinks is too big.

And sometimes the biggest yes is simply:

“Yes, I matter too.”

What have you been meaning to do for yourself lately but keep saying “not yet”?

How long have you been waiting?

And what exactly are you waiting for?

There may never be a perfect time when every responsibility disappears and everyone around you needs nothing.

At some point, you have to put yourself on your own priority list.

TODAY’S POWER MOVE

Take out a piece of paper or open the notes app on your phone.

Write down:

“Things I keep saying ‘not yet’ to.”

Then make the list.

The trip.

The appointment.

The dream.

The class.

The business.

The boundary.

The rest.

The fun.

Whatever has been waiting for you.

Now circle one thing and make a move toward it today.

Schedule it.

Book it.

Research it.

Pay for it.

Start it.

Get down to business.

TODAY’S POWER LINE

It is time to say yes to yourself. You cannot spend your entire life showing up for everyone else while continually abandoning the person in the mirror.

There is enough love to go around.

Give some of it back to yourself.

With love,

Basia ❤️

P.S. The next yes that changes your life may be the one you finally give to yourself.

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