Plan to Celebrate!

Hello Beloved! Yet another Saturday. Yet another day to thank God for His lovingkindness and tender mercies. We pray that you are well on your way in your wellness program, having identified your WHY, set a S.M.A.R.T goal and identified a wellness or self-care partner. We want to encourage you, not only to work your plan diligently but, to celebrate your successes too! This week your task is to plan how you will celebrate milestones in your wellness or self-care journey. Please consider using the guidance below to support you in your next steps:

1. Choose incentives or rewards that will reinforce the overall goal of your wellness or self-care plan. For example, if your goal is to lose 10 pounds, over the course of 3 months, you might choose to celebrate the half mark by rewarding yourself with a healthy cooking lesson. This would be fun and also helpful in your pursuit of sustainable wellness. In this case, a reward that would undermine your goal would be a slice of chocolate cake.
2. Spread your incentives or rewards so that they serve as motivators and do not interfere with the development of your new discipline. For example, if your goal is to lose 10 pounds, over the course of 3 months, you might choose to time your first incentive after you have made considerable progress, i.e. at the half mark as opposed to after every pound lost.

5 Ways to Celebrate:

1. Hosts or arrange for you and your wellness partner or community to take a fun class together! Your class, may not be directly connected to your specific wellness goals, but it should help support you your sustainable self-care journey. Try cooking, rowing, cycling, rock climbing and or dancing. 
2. Take time to explore and invest in your gifts, talents and interests. Do you have a knack with words? Take a writing class or block out sacred time to write again! Share your writing, with loved ones, via social media or in a more formal setting. Did you love to paint as a child? Take a painting class and take a friend along! Do you enjoy nature? Go on a nature walk or marry your love for nature with a new skill like photography, through nature photography!

Groupon has several deals that can help you ensure that your incentives also support you in being a good steward over your resources. Additionally, checkout public gardens and institutions to see what free and our inexpensive offerings they may have.

Happy temple building!

Take care. Bless many.