Do you sometimes pat yourself on the shoulder?

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If not, you still should do it anyway. If you don't will pat yourself sometimes for a job well done, who else will? Waiting for someone coming along to say: "hey you, great job, well done" is a fairy tale to say the least.

Of course we have our partners/spouses, family and friends, but they may be not so empathetic with us as we wanted them to be. No offense, but this is just the plain truth.

I guess this has to do with our culture and upbringing, I certainly can vouch for that when it comes to my family. My parents and all the relatives were brought up to be respectful with each other and praised only when there was a "real" reason worthwhile to do so. In plain English, when you have saved someone's life or anything similar.

Daily chores, even though when it was really hard was worth only a nod by the head or a "good so". Even as a child I thought by myself that this isn't right and when I was around ten years old I voiced once my thoughts with the result of being scolded to watch out of not becoming to selfish. There you have it, I was screwed for (almost) the rest of my life.

I never thought what I do was good enough or worth to be mentioned at all. It didn't matter where the praise comes from. It is only for the last 10-12 years that I have learned not only accepting praise but also praise my self when I feel like it.

Today is such a day. Yesterday I wrote a blog about time and scheduling the task you like to accomplish for the next day and I did.

  • writing new posts for both of my websites
  • cleaning out and organizing my media folder for WA (what a chore it was)
  • doing some house chores
  • cooking supper and all the after work coming with it
  • some preparations for the next day

It doesn't sound much, but I also had to deal with an unforeseen interruption by a family member which threw me out of the loop for a couple of hours, but I bounced back.

Long story short (I know to late for that *lol*) but I finished all my task for today and I am proud as punch. I wrote my articles and even shared them on social media, I also writing this new blog post which wasn't scheduled at all.

Yup, life is good and I am feeling good too.

PAT PAT !!!

All the best to you wherever you are :)

Love

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hahaha I know I do! :) great post!

Great you liked it. :)

Great post Sylvia - amazing what we can get done if we put our minds to it!
My Cousin Sue is exactly like this - she can be stressed to know end (computer not working) , a ton of stuff to do for work. And what did she do?
She simply got out her phone (which is high-end company paid-for model, to be totally honest) stayed calm and wrote and did stuff on her phone!
I think she got the "calm' Gene and me not!

I guess in my case it depends on the day, my mood and energy level. there are certainly days when it doesn't work out at all. You never know, just accepting it.

Yes, you do get a lot accomplished in a day!

Sometimes when looking back it makes me wonder how could that be, lol :)

Wow, you really accomplished a lot, you really do deserve a pat. Great job Sylvia:)

Thanks :)

Thanks for sharing:)

You are welcome

Great post, Sylvia! You are spot on

Thank you.

I decided long ago that if I helped myself I wasn't being selfish, I was making it so someone else didn't have too. Then they could look after themselves. With any time left we could all help each other. And a pat on the back by yourself is not selfish at all. It is inspiring and showing you have confidence in yourself.

thanks Helen for saying that. It certainly took me a long way to get there where I am now. It wasn't easy at first, but I am happy now.
Pat Pat :)

Like your post, you needed the pat on the back.

Thanks Harry, appreciated.

Your welcome

Great post Sylva!

Thank you, appreciated.

Pat, pat, pat, pat!

Hi Syiva, I love your post, I can understand exactly where you are coming from, I am giving myself a pat on the back right now, I deserve it!!!! Thank you Sylvia :)

Yup, you do that!!! :)

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