BMJ: Day 153 – Embrace What I Avoid

Disclaimer: I don’t maintain this series in my blog in order or on time, but as I read through this book, I add to my Beautiful Me Journal. I consider it a work in progress, because I consider myself a work in progress. *********************************************************************************************** I have to admit, reading today's entry made me very, very, very, very, …

BMJ: Day 62 – Treat Yourself

Today's entry into my Beautiful Me Journal is solely focused on self-care, specifically doing something in which I am treating myself to something I enjoy. The intent is to lessen the harsh grip many of us put on ourselves when dealing with body-image issues. Kinda like the counter method of denying oneself simple tasty pleasures …

BMJ: Day 36 – Don’t Make Unrealistic Comparisons

Although I've more than insinuated what goes on inside my head, I'm going to be a little more forward about some of the thoughts that go on inside my head. And today's prompt for writing in my Beautiful Me Journal is pretty relevant to what I'm speaking about. The reality is that there have been …

BMJ: Day 20 Consider the Time I’ve Lost

Today's entry into my Beautiful Me Journal, concerns the consideration of time lost worrying about the things that make me feel ugly - specifically, the author of the book I'm following mentions "Consider the thing that you most obsess over with regard to your appearance..." and suggesting adding up the time we've spent worrying over …

BMJ: Fast forward to Day 17

So, I've been making a commitment to maintaining my Beautiful Me Journal and I mentioned in a previous post (don't remember exactly, so please don't make me cite it) that I may combine days, skip days or whatever and this is one of those times where I'm skipping days 15 & 16. On Day 15, …