10 Steps To Prioritize Yourself
We live a hectic life in which it is difficult to prioritize yourself. Everything seems designed to give priority to others. Work, family, friends, volunteer work, added to the awareness of solidarity and commitment that prevails in society and the imposed and self-imposed obligations makes us forget ourselves.
On many occasions we even feel guilty for wanting to dedicate ourselves to ourselves. We feel we have no right to do so. But it is just the opposite. Spending time with yourself makes you gain energy, gain clarity and make more sense of what you do to do it with more joy.
Dedicating time to yourself will help you feel better, which is essential to be and give your best to others.
How to prioritize yourself
Don’t feel guilty and start looking for yourself. Here are some ways to prioritize yourself. Doing so does not mean leaving others aside, but allows you to become a better version of yourself to do more for others.
1 – Find time to remember that your needs are important. If your needs are not a priority for you, they will not be for anyone else. You need to understand those needs and actively seek ways to meet them.
2 – Evaluate which aspects of your life are causing you stress and consider to what extent they have value for you. Ask yourself if that is really important, if it is worth what they do to you. You must also understand if that stress is caused by you with your attitude and, in that case, find a way to change things. In any case, find a way to control stress so that it does not negatively influence your actions and others.
3 – Make sure that every day you have time for yourself, to be calm, alone or doing something you want. It’s easy to forget about your needs when you’re stuck in action and noise all day, when there’s always something demanding your presence. But you need time to breathe without all that pressure being present.
4 – Forget about the guilt for taking care of yourself. And for starters, don’t explain. You don’t have to give them, you don’t have to justify yourself. If someone does not understand it, it is not your problem, unless you enter the game.
5 – Understand that you deserve yourself, you have the right to take care of yourself, even though it is essential for others. Understand this, and understand also that the better you are, the more useful you will be to others.
6 – Take the time to do those things that make you feel better about yourself, that make you feel safer and stronger, that remind you of how important you are. Exercise, take care of your body, spend some time reading, eat well, get enough sleep.
7 – Embrace your emotions and do not deny yourself the possibility of suffering. Don’t suppress pain as if all problems would go away. Suppressing how you feel about a situation only serves to undermine your happiness. You have to accept and understand your emotions and your feelings.
8 – Recognize and appreciate people who are positive and uplifting in your life, and show commitment to them. These people will help you find yourself and support you in the process of personal growth that you constantly need.
9 – Cultivate the ability to understand the difference between what you can change and what you cannot, and learn to let go of the things you cannot with. Every day you will find something new that you like and something that you can change to be better.
10 – Do not forget that there are only three things in life that you can control: what you think, what you say and what you do. Take it on and act accordingly. Do not let yourself be handled like a puppet and be aware of what you do and why you do it.
