All About You: The Importance of a Weekly Day to Work on Yourself!

As someone who works three jobs at one time, you can imagine how busy and stressful life can get. Work on top of household responsibilities on top of putting together my show (and other productions) can have me working 12–15-hour days easily throughout the week. The busier I get, the more I find the absolute importance of setting aside a day to work on myself! Yes, you heard right! A driven, ambitious person will always benefit from choosing a day to work on yourself! So, as I go about my week, I work for other people Monday through Friday with sprinkles of working on my own stuff in the evenings, but when I get to the weekend, I have an even more important set schedule.

Check Off Things from Your Dreaded List

First, I set aside one day to completely and fully relax. I take a hot bath, read, lay in bed, and do everything I can to decompress. Then, on the next day of the weekend, I set aside a full 8-hour workday to fully focus on ME! Focusing on yourself can have such a positive impact on your life, after all. First, by focusing on yourself, you can start to feel that joy of accomplishment again. By taking out your check list and checking things off that you’ve been meaning to do, you can easily and quickly feel like you are getting things done, which can release endorphins and excitement. Trust me, setting aside a day to cross things off of your list is so much better than ignoring your list and allowing it to build and build. The longer it gets, the more intimidating it becomes and the less likely you’ll want to touch it. Eventually, you may just give up and throw your check list to the side, which is not a good idea when trying to get ahead in life.

Get Creative!

One of the best reasons to set a side a day to work on yourself is so you can breathe in that creativity again! When we get stuck in busy schedules that never seem to change, we can find ourselves using more and more of our left brain while ignoring our right brain. But it’s incredibly healthy to flex both sides of our brain whenever possible. To keep that right brain going, it’s imperative to spend a day on creative projects that you have your heart set on. First, by working on something creative that is dear to you, you’ll get excitement and happiness out of doing what you want to do. Also, I find the creative juices flow much more quickly when you’re working on something you want to create. Our own personal projects are always the dearest to us.

Accomplishment

I find that for me, the feeling of accomplishment can really motivate me and put me in the best mood possible. After I’ve had a few cups of coffee and completed a project (or at least a big part of a project), suddenly, my whole spirit is lifted and I’m in the best of moods. Sometimes, the feeling that we’re getting things done is a reward in itself, let alone the benefits and results it could bring in.

Finally, you deserve a day to focus on yourself! It’s so important to remember that you matter, too. I find that when we get so caught up in working for others during our regular jobs, we can lose sight quickly of what we want. We can put ourselves second when, it’s our lives! We should be putting ourselves first every once in a while-if not all the time. Committing to take the time for you and only you is such a liberating experience, and we all deserve to feel that way!