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As many of you in the bloggersphere have probably hear, Gala Dariling over on her iCiNG blog is running a little month long project called Radical Self Love Month. Its Gala's project so really hers to explain, so I'll let you open up her site and her explanation of the project in other tab of your internet browser HERE!
The most recent piece of Radical Self Love homework was to answer a set of questions Gala's posted on her blog (the questions are HERE) in our Radical Self Love Bible notebooks. (You can see a picture of mine later in this post). I decided before I had even started to answer the questions that I was going to post them up here as a blog entry, and once I got started I realised how much I was learning about myself in the process. I then became unsure about posting my answers but then decided to take the plunge, all in the spirit of Radical Self Love - we all have to fight our demons sometime!
What does Radical Self Love mean to you?
Learning to love me as me so that I no longer get myself stuck in the rut of self disbelief and doubt so I can enjoy my academic work again.
If you were engaging in Radical Self Love on a daily basis, what would that look like?
Doing at least one thing that makes me happy each day. Like reading a really good book, going shopping or out for a coffee or a meal with one of my close friends. or planning trips out with my friends which is as equally as fun!
Me with my Radical Self Love bible. The pink post it heart on my notice board was a gift from my room mate Alice when I explained to her about Radical self love and how I needed a Totem to remind me of Radical Self Love.
What small pieces can you bring into your life today?
Flip through all the pretty pictures in my new issue of Vogue. I can also take a nice, long hot shower and have an early night and hope I'm not as unwell as I was today when I wake up!
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What qualities of attributes would you like to bring into your own life via the application of Radical Self Love?
Confidence and self belief in my own abilities so I can apply myself to the task at hand.
What beliefs do you currently hold that are stifling your regular expression of Radical Self Love?
That I'm not very good at some of the things I enjoy most.
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And the people and activities in your life helping or hindering you in your quest for Radical Self Love? Would you be better off without them?
Blogging, and finding really pretty things to put on my blog helps. There isn't really anything that hinders in my life except for my obvious lack of self belief. If I believed in myself a little bit more I think all the things I do in my day to day life would really help me to radically self love.
How can you reflect Radical Self Love in the way you speak, the way you dress, the way you decorate your house, the work that you do?
I can try not to voice all the negative things that occur to me during the day. I can wear bright lipstick and some of my many hair bands more often. I could keep my room tidy and my desk clear and keep on putting my pretty magazine pictures everywhere. I could take more effort and care over my school work and good marks make me happy and deep down I know I can achieve them!
Image: Chloe Rice
Who could you use as a Radical Self Love role model?
Gala Darling herself. She's helped me so much already and she'd one of the only people I can think of who makes me and hundreds of other people feel good about themselves.
And do you know what? Even from simply answering those questions I'm feeling better already, and I have actually learnt a lot about myself. I hope you try this out too! I'd also love to read your answers, and so would Gala using the #radicalselflove hash on Twitter!
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