Self Love 101*

(*Dear God this is going to attract a lot of dirty-mind traffic.)

I wanted to write this post yesterday, but I didn't have time.

One hundred (and one) days ago I visited 43things.com and made a list of things I wanted to accomplish. One of my goals was to be open to love. After some self reflection I was feeling that I was trying harder to stay single than I was to find a relationship. So I called the goal, "I am open to love" and I set up a daily e-mail to remind myself everyday to be open to love. Here is the note I wrote for myself:

Dear future self,

Remember to love yourself. Remember that people love you.
Remember to glow. Love will find you.


Sincerely,
Your past self

I read that note everyday for the last 100 (and one) days. Some days were harder than others and I did not want to read my note. I wanted to tell myself, "I know, I know, love is all around, yadda yadda". Some days I read the note out loud (quietly, as I usually read it at work). Some days I would read it slowly and kind of meditate on the words. I really like the word "glow" and I really like the last reassuring sentence. And I really like that I started the whole thing off with "remember to love yourself".

Anyway, so what were the results? Well, after 100+1 days of self love, I think I did find some love. Okay no, Prince Charming did not bang on my door on day 100, but some other things, and not all romantic things, seemed to show up that really made me happy and glow-y.

Thank you.

I love you.

You know who you are.