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Our Monthly Focus - Pampering 
Welcome to December- the month of Pampering! I just love this month's new habit. All month, we are going to take time to take care of ourselves. If you don't take care of yourself, you can't take care of your family. So, this is such an important habit to practice. Kelly wrote a great essay for you below.
"If you don't take care of you who will?" ~ Kelly
FlyLady's FLY CD
Here are the habits we have covered in 2010. Remember to reinforce these habits along with completing your new one.
2009 habits See what habits we covered in 2009 - use this list as a reference for reinforcing your habits!
Holiday Reality Check - Pampering Yourself is NOT Selfish
Dear Friends,
The Habit for this month is Pampering. The reason that we have you
work on a habit each month is to help teach you how to make something
a part of your everyday routine. Pampering is really really important
to your over all health and well being. Learning to take time out for
yourself is a huge part of FLYing. If you don't take care of you who will?
FlyLady and I can't stress enough the taking care of YOU! This begins
with getting dressed to shoes, getting enough sleep, eating well and
blessing your heart by moving each day. The Pampering Habit is
building on to those already established habits to take better care
of you. It may feel silly or extravagant to pamper yourself. Some of
you may even feel as though you don't deserve it. Some of you may feel
that it is too expensive to pamper yourself - I promise you it is not.
We are going to spend this whole month sharing different ideas and
ways to learn how to build pampering into your routine. Pampering is
not selfish, it is all a part of Finally Loving Yourself. Investing
time in who you are and the way you feel is not a waste of time,
it is an investment that will keep paying you back over and over.
Feeling good about yourself changes your mental outlook and attitude.
When you roll out of bed, throw on whatever is handy, somewhat brush
your hair, make an attempt at slapping on some lipstick and throwing
on whatever shoes you see, is not the way to start your day off
feeling as though you can conquer the world. When you lay out your
clothes the night before, have an established morning routine for
fixing your hair and make up and then pamper yourself by putting on a
favorite piece of jewelry that doesn't get worn often, a spritz of
perfume that you love, you will feel totally different when you
walk out of the bathroom stepping into a new day.
In reality not taking care of yourself is actually selfish. You are
robbing yourself of feeling good about who you are and you are robbing
your families of you being the happy and content person that you can
be. It takes BabySteps to teach you to Love Yourself but that is okay
we are striving for progress not perfection.
Pay attention to all the Pampering ideas and tips that are coming your
way and please participate. You will love how you feel about yourself!
Love,
Kelly
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Testimonial: Pampering Myself this Month!
Dear FlyLady,
I am pampering myself this month!!!
I took myself off to my doctor to have my thyroid checked because my
symptoms have been acting up again since the cold weather has been
here. (General sluggishness, hair falling out, overly sleepy, weight
gain, cold cold cold all the time, and loss of patience for my three
sweet babies.) I did the research and went in "fully armed" to get
what I needed (a tweaked prescription).
And she said, "Oh - I see your numbers have jumped two points this
year, and I hear you telling me about all your symptoms. Let's up
your prescription and check you again in six weeks." And here's the
"Go ME!" part for me - I made the appointment, filled the
prescription, and started taking it yesterday first thing in the
morning. I feel like I'm back in high school!
I have sooooo much energy and pep again! My routines no longer look
overwhelming, and I didn't NEED a nap with my two younger ones
yesterday. I know that it'll take a week or so before this is all
leveled out, and my body is used to it, but this was a true blessing
for me!
Thank you for encouraging us to take charge and take care of
ourselves. Without all your loving FLY-washing, I would've put it
off, saying other things are more important right now. Thanks for
your inspiration! Now - off to get my babies down for their nap!
Yvette in VA
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