Mel Robbins says you're overlooking your wins. She overhauled her routine during a stressful tour by prioritizing sleep, walks, and weightlifting, which kept her calm and present. Take a real look at what you accomplished this year, not just the small stuff.
If you look back to the beginning of this year, what's something that you're really proud of that you either did or that you experienced or that happened this year? I don't think you're giving yourself enough credit. I think you're so busy doing things in your life that you're not taking time to stop and pat yourself on the back for all the little things you're doing well, all of the little challenges you've overcome, all of the weight that you're carrying. And then I want you to take a moment and I want you to really sit with it and pat yourself on the back and ask yourself, why am I proud of that? Because I bet that there's something a little bit deeper that will get revealed. You're going to realize, wow, I'm proud of this because I recognize that I'm changing. I'm proud of this because I see that I am putting myself first. I'm proud of myself because I've really shown up for other people. And I've managed this challenge really well and I'm stronger than I think. What I'm most proud of is before I went on tour, I was like so freaking stressed about all the things that were going to go wrong, about whether or not I was going to be able to manage the amount of work it was going to be, whether or not I'd be able to do that and perform and run the company and, and, and, and, and, and I made a whole new schedule. I prioritized sleep. I got serious about eating really good food. I walked every single morning regardless of what city we were in, or I lifted weights, and I had a laser focus on my emotions. Do you have any idea how revolutionary it is that I could take on one of the most stressful things in my life, both good stress and like a lot of hard work stress and be in a state where I was present and I was calm and non-reactive and I was optimistic because there were things that went wrong every single day. And instead of allowing it to freak me out, I just rode the wave. And that allowed me to have so much fun. But that's the thing I'm proud of. And I wanted to share that with you to start off because it was a real revelation to me that, you know, you can have something really challenging going on and you can change how you show up to it. Thinking about this year, what are you proud of? And I promise you, if you look, you will find that thing.
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