58 Things To Give Yourself Permission To Be Happy
By Theresa Ho
We’ve been programmed to think we need to put other people’s needs in front of ours. To put what other think of us in front of ours. To be nice.
We start taking on what everyone else thinks we should be and do. We wait and wait until it’s the right time to start focusing on our needs and who we are and want to be.
Some of us wait hoping that someone will notice and see us. And see what we are good at and are waiting for approval and permission to start.
The truth is you may be waiting a long time. The person you are waiting for to give you the thumbs up to go for it may never come around to see it. They are probably in their own heads thinking about what’s going on in their lives.
Life is short. And time is ticking away.
If you don’t give yourself permission now, nobody else will. So when now are you going to give yourself permission to do and be what you really want?
If you need permission, I give you permission.
Below are 60 things to start giving yourself permission to be happy and start taking your life back.
- To start your personal love revolution
- To say whatever is on your mind
- To put yourself first
- To move
- To not giving an explanation
- To remember what you love
- To make mistakes
- To follow your intuition
- To celebrate life
- To choose who you want to spend time with
- To ignore nonsense
- To dream
- To be happy
- To indulge in food and go for the gusto
- To not giving an explanation
- To trust
- To love
- To let go
- To ask for help
- To not return a call, a text, an email
- To leave a party early
- To play
- To laugh
- To cry
- To get angry
- To grieve
- To not be okay
- To not fix anyone
- To travel
- To be crazy
- To stop kissing ass and start kicking ass
- To be imperfect
- To be authentic
- To not overthink
- To not need anyone’s approval
- To go after what you want
- To move on
- To get out of your own head
- To determine your own schedule
- To keep moving
- To live in your own little world
- To start a conversation that matters
- To forgive
- To be alone and shut the world out
- To quit to win
- To try something new
- To take risks
- To have a lazy day
- To not care about what others think
- To call bull shit
- To be the hero in your own story
- To feel your power
- To be sexually expressive
- To be selfish
- To have fun
- To be human
- To give yourself a chance
- To be YOU
What will you give yourself permission for before your life ends?