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Day 1 of 75 Hard}
Happy Monday!!!!! You have to know that Monday is really my favorite day of the week. How was your weekend? What did you do? Please spill all the ☕️ because you know I love a good reality story that doesn’t involve me. My weekend was so decent 😃😃. If you didn’t know, I love an experience—give me a reason to get overly dressed and slide some heels on and I’m there. There’s something about starting the week with fresh energy that just makes me want to reset, elevate, and show up better than I did yesterday. Mondays feel like that blank canvas where I get to paint the new version of me.
Yesterday I went over my weekly goals and adjusted my monthly goals, and I kept thinking I was missing something. I eventually realized I wasn’t missing anything—I was searching for something that wasn’t even supposed to be there. My mind quickly slipped into panic mode, questioning my perception of myself for not fulfilling a personal goal. That moment reminded me how easy it is to become our own toughest critic. Sometimes the pressure to have everything perfectly aligned makes us overlook the beauty of progress. I had to pause and tell myself: give yourself grace. Every day I strive to be 1% better than the day before, and that is more than enough.
Perception is powerful. The way you choose to see yourself sets the tone for how you navigate life. When you decide to love yourself properly, you take back the power from comparison, criticism, and outside expectations. That means affirming that your worth isn’t tied to how quickly you reach a goal or how others respond to you. It’s tied to how you show up for yourself in the quiet moments when no one else is watching. Loving yourself properly means standing firm in who you are, giving yourself compassion when you fall short, and celebrating even the smallest wins.
Being okay with not being okay is part of that love too. There will be days when you feel triggered, disappointed, or even lost—and that doesn’t make you weak, it makes you human. When you face those triggers head-on, you take away their ability to control you. Healing isn’t about being perfect; it’s about being real with yourself. It’s giving yourself permission to sit in the moment, acknowledge your feelings, and still remind yourself that you’re worthy of love and joy. Embracing the messiness of life is where true peace begins.
And let’s be clear—not everyone is going to like you, and that’s okay. You weren’t designed to be everybody’s favorite. The people meant for you will celebrate you as you are, and those who aren’t will always find a reason to disapprove. When you stop trying to be universally accepted, you gain freedom. You begin to live from a place of authenticity instead of performance. That’s where real confidence blooms—in the space where you choose yourself unapologetically.
So here’s the affirmation I’m holding onto this Monday: “I give myself grace. I love myself properly. I am okay with not being okay. I don’t need to be everyone’s favorite to be powerful, purposeful, and whole.”
