10 Things Women Intend to Do for Themselves . . .(and the 10 Things
That Happen Instead)
- Spend an hour soaking in a luxurious bubble bath. (Spend two hours drying the bathroom after giving toddler a bath.)
- Stay up all night watching a marathon of all your favorite movies. (Fall asleep five minutes into a movie that only those with Y chromosomes find funny.)
- Salt the popcorn with that special mix of sea salt and extra oil that only you seem to love. (Mix up several different batches seasoned exactly to everyone’s preferences.)
- Spend Saturday afternoon curled up by the fire reading some cheesy romance book and daydreaming about all sorts of possibilities. (Spend Sunday recovering from the cold you caught while running errands for everyone else during the rain on Saturday.)
- Get a weekly manicure and pedicure. (Get weekly migraines.)
- Hire a cleaning service to help around the house. (Feel the need to have house in somewhat respectable order before the cleaners are allowed inside.)
- Leave work at 6:00 p.m. every night to have more time to exercise, go out with friends, hang out with your family, or just sit on the couch and veg. (Let those last-minute, I-must-stay-and-finish-this-or-the-world-will-end-right-now tasks dictate your schedule on a regular basis.)
- Take a so-I-know-I’m-a-klutz-but-what-I-really-want-to-do-is-dance class. (Miss more classes than you actually attend because of the latest obligation that comes your way.)
- Volunteer for a cause that’s meaningful to you. (Sacrifice precious sleep time to fulfill the commitment.)
- Pursue your dreams. (Let your obligations to others take precedence over your obligation to yourself.)
The Wonderful, Amazing, Stupendous, Inspiring, Butt-Kicking Things I
Demand From Now On List
Have you ever had a day that went something like this:
 In the morning, you are told off by your teenager for, well, you’re not sure why exactly, but you think it might have been for breathing
In the afternoon, you are told off by your boss for losing a client that wasn’t even your responsibility to begin with.
In the evening, you are told off by a cop for running a red light that you know was yellow.
Have you ever gotten to the end of a day like this and (besides craving a long bubble bath, a cocktail, or a ton of ice cream) wanted to grab the largest megaphone, climb the highest mountain, and loudly announce to the world that from this day forward, you deserve and demand better treatment than this?
What kind of days do you want to experience?
What wonderful ways do you want to be treated?
Whether you want five minutes to yourself when you first wake up or an equal chance at signing the biggest clients at work, write down every butt-kicking thing you are ready to demand from now on. Let today be the day the world learns the new rules for dealing with you.
The Butt-Kicking Things I Plan to Do for Myself
What are the things that you most love to do?
What dreams do you want to come true?
What would you include on your light-bulb-dawning, doves-flying-overhead, cue-the-singing-angels, I-want-this-more-than-anything list?
If you ran the world, wouldn’t every single item you can think of be a regular part of your life right now?
Why not run your world so these items are a part of your life today? Stop listening to anyone (including yourself) who says you are too young, old, smart, stupid, pretty, ugly, or in some way not right or not
enough. You know how good you are at getting sh*t done for other people. Isn’t it time you directed your butt-kicking energy toward your happily ever after dreams come true?
Isn’t it time you said yes! to all the things you have ever planned to do for yourself?
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