Have you ever considered that your daily life is full of other people’s demands and needs that you are called to meet? The needs of your partner, your child, your parents, your employer. And you are supposed to respond to all these needs promptly, effectively and positively.

This daily life and your tendency to focus on other people’s needs often distracts you from taking care of yourself. As a result, you often end up forgetting about yourself and your desires.

But are you aware that the lack of self-care may become a habit and affect negatively your relationships? If you don’t take enough care of yourself you are more prone to whining and pessimism. But all these may eventually repel people around you.

That’s why you need to pause and consciously change adopting a new attitude. Namely, you need to learn how to take more care of yourself.

Prioritize yourself starting today

Adopt the following positive behaviors towards yourself. The following practices will lead you to self-respect, self-love and better relationships. In case you are single it’s time you take care of yourself before starting a relationship. In that way you will enter the relationship with less unfulfilled desires and complaints and you will be more likely to see it thrive. More specifically:

• Try to have an as much as possible positive attitude towards yourself. Embrace yourself with charity, affection and love.
• Speak more kindly to yourself. Speak with respect and love without criticizing.
• Focus on the positive things you achieve or can enjoy every day.
• Start a healthy diet that will give you energy.
• Do something that calms you down such as yoga or meditation on a daily basis. You can actually begin your first meditation with quite simple steps.
• Make sure you sleep enough because sleeping fuels your energy, health and well-being.
• Spend time in nature walking on a beach or at the countryside. Nature has the power to improve your mental health.
• Write a love letter to yourself.
• Buy yourself a present or do something that makes you happy.
• Do an activity that strengthens your mind, such as reading, participating in a seminar etc.

All the above practices need time to become part of your life. But they are conscious steps that may turn into a habit when they become part of your daily life. You will then realize that your relationships will thrive and you will directly feel satisfaction and happiness.

Remember that the person who respects, loves and takes care of themselves attracts in their life respective love relationships.