Everything is good and I'm better than Everyone else!

How do you get going in the morning? For me it’s taking the dog out, coffee, hair, makeup, shoe choice, grab breakfast out the door, with a spattering of GMA intermixed. Which as I come to the end of my internship and the beginning to what I can only assume are bigger and better things, I realize is something I need to change.

Last week, I came across this video and realized something is obviously wrong with me. This little girl, who can’t be more then 5, is giving herself a pep talk in the mirror in the morning. I feel this is something not only I but everyone should be doing everyday. Instead we just rush though our day mindless, hoping it will end so we can go home.

Imagine how your day would be different if you stood on your bathroom counter in front of the mirror listing everything you liked about yourself and your life and then ended it with saying you could do “everything is good and I'm better then everyone else.” Can you imagine the power you would feel as you head out the door? Okay, the reality of you standing on your bathroom counter is probably small, or impossible if you're like me and don’t even have a bathroom counter, but the idea is there. Why don’t we take time each morning and stand in front of the mirror and say the things we like about ourselves and lives?

I’m thinking about doing this. Every morning for a month, after coffee, shoe choice, and makeup but before running out the door, what if I stand in front of my vanity mirror (ironic I know) and tell myself, with such arm swinging vindication like this little girl, how great I am and all the things I like about myself and life. I wonder if it would be the same everyday, and would my outlook on life and my job search be different? Does personal positive reinforcement really do anything for a person’s day-to-day life? Something to consider and try, I’ll let you know how it goes. Less humor today but uplifting, no? Until next time…..