Finding Balance
Owning You!
By Rande Bynum, staff writer
Sometimes, you can spend so much time trying to look good and trying to fit in, you forget to feed your inner self.
Flip the Script
Are you spending hours in the mall searching for those perfect shoes and then the perfect matching bag? Or is makeup your poison? Would a search warrant reveal at least 10 new lip glosses in your bedroom? The media sends messages that the latest and the hottest equal happiness. Try flipping the script once in a while. What used to make you happy back in the day? Was it that new box of crayons on the first day of school or was it playing tag in the local playground? Rediscover the artist or athlete in you.
Introduce yourself to your inner poet or the stand-up comedian you are hiding. By Rande Bynum, staff writer
Sometimes, you can spend so much time trying to look good and trying to fit in, you forget to feed your inner self.
Flip the Script
Are you spending hours in the mall searching for those perfect shoes and then the perfect matching bag? Or is makeup your poison? Would a search warrant reveal at least 10 new lip glosses in your bedroom? The media sends messages that the latest and the hottest equal happiness. Try flipping the script once in a while. What used to make you happy back in the day? Was it that new box of crayons on the first day of school or was it playing tag in the local playground? Rediscover the artist or athlete in you.
Embrace the Simple Pleasures
Do you have a passion that you put aside because you thought it may not be the coolest?
Or you feel you don't have time for such silliness? Why not try to find it again? Take inventory and find out what's really important. Surprise! It's not having the latest lip gloss. In a journal or notebook write down the things that make you smile, laugh—feel good.
Self Day—Your Day of the Week
You are so busy during the week with "important stuff" like school, work, and friends; you don't have time to be an amateur magician or a bowling champion. Pick a day or part of a day as your "self day." On this day do the things that make you smile—inside. If you are seeking the artist in you, spend the day being inspired in a museum or checking out the latest in anime. If there is an inner "Emeril" waiting to get out, spend the afternoon preparing a special meal for your friends or family. It could be a poetry hour or a dance night or a marathon club.
Self Day—Your Day of the Week
You are so busy during the week with "important stuff" like school, work, and friends; you don't have time to be an amateur magician or a bowling champion. Pick a day or part of a day as your "self day." On this day do the things that make you smile—inside. If you are seeking the artist in you, spend the day being inspired in a museum or checking out the latest in anime. If there is an inner "Emeril" waiting to get out, spend the afternoon preparing a special meal for your friends or family. It could be a poetry hour or a dance night or a marathon club.
Whatever it is that's itching to get out, schedule time to let it come out and play.
In a journal write down the one thing you would do if you had more time. See if you can schedule time to do that one thing on your "self day."
Caution: Lanes Merging
You might share different personas or parts of yourself on different occasions. Perhaps you have a school persona, a home persona, a soccer team captain persona, or maybe a big sister persona. In a journal write down what qualities you like most about yourself in different situations and how can you bring them all together to become the BEST YOU.
Discover Your Style
Adapted from STUDIO 2B Focus: uniquely ME! Inside and Out
Caution: Lanes Merging
You might share different personas or parts of yourself on different occasions. Perhaps you have a school persona, a home persona, a soccer team captain persona, or maybe a big sister persona. In a journal write down what qualities you like most about yourself in different situations and how can you bring them all together to become the BEST YOU.
Discover Your Style
Adapted from STUDIO 2B Focus: uniquely ME! Inside and Out
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