Renee Slay
@Renee_Slay · 3:59
LOVING YOU!!! What Is The Last Thing You Did For You? I took the advice of Carly aka astroality here on swell and HAD to share!
I'm going to keep doing it because it makes me feel good. Everybody likes having well, a lot of people like having fresh flowers there. And I used to complain all the time when I was with my husband, my soon to be ex husband, that you know how you drop hints and it went from dropping hints to because I didn't feel like he was making enough love deposits
Stacey Kedeja
@iamkedeja · 3:11
But actually, I think when we haven't really spent time with ourselves and asked ourselves those questions and practice self love, self care, we really don't know what we really don't know ourselves. So I'm rambling, but I'm a big advocate for this. My platform is about mental health, wellness, self love, self care, growing up with purpose. And this is one of those things that I'm like. Practice it, and let's keep practicing
Feels like having little universes, little worlds, little gems on the end of my fingers which is sort of magical in its own way without being ostentatious or obnoxious. And I love that I attempted to do something different this week. It didn't work out, but try trying again next time. So this photo is from two weeks ago and I am obsessed with that particular color of nail polish
Swati Sharma
@Swatiselflove · 0:51
Hi Rainy. That was indeed a very beautiful topic that you have taught for the day. And I do personally believe in the concept of self love. It's very important that each one of us learn to embrace ourselves the way we are. We constantly indulge into self care. And taking care of oneself doesn't mean that you are going selfish about yourself. It's all that you can't really pour from an empty cup. So very frequently I keep on doing this
Carly D
@Astroality · 2:47
I did a lot of research about things that help you kind of boost your metabolism, create natural energy, because I'm all about so right now, taking care of myself is really about clearing my body of some excess toxins. Because I will tell you that I don't always eat the best. I don't always take care of myself 100% nutritionally like I should
Renee Slay
@Renee_Slay · 4:25
And painting my nails is one of those things that I look at as a chore and I shouldn't. And then I got to where when I was going and paying the ridiculous amount of money it takes to have them done, I was complaining about that because that is a around here, they get busy. So that's a good hour and a half, 2 hours of your life. They even have one that serves mixed drinks, right? Okay. At first I liked it
Renee Slay
@Renee_Slay · 0:57
Just as important as I'd say affirmations are just to build up our spirit. I think it's beautiful. I love it. I'm so glad that my friend on here told me it was time for some, because I hadn't been doing it enough for myself. So, yay, let's keep spreading that message
Renee Slay
@Renee_Slay · 0:22
Absolutely 100%. And it's a way to recharge and refill up your cup. Exactly what you said. I love your choice of words. Thank you. Thank you for piping in on this. And let's keep sharing that message on to other people that need it, because I needed it when it got told to me. And, boy, I'm still looking at them and they are pretty. Anyway, you have an awesome day and thanks for joining in
Renee Slay
@Renee_Slay · 1:12
And this is the universe telling me I need to stop eating like this, too. But I'm just I don't want to. Everything else is work. I've turned kind of lazy, I guess. But anyway, thanks for giving me a heads up on what's going to be happening, because I need to pay attention to that, as you well know. And thank you for sharing your love with me. And, yeah, still, the cereal
Carly D
@Astroality · 0:53
The more you can do, the more clear your channel becomes, and the more things will flow through you more easily, right? More effortlessly. And things won't feel so quite it's so impactful. I hope you had a fantastic day
Nidhin George 🔷
@geo_rhymes · 4:08
The compounding effects of four weeks of giving yourself flowers is insane. It is so good. Another aspect of self love that I like to indulge in is I love aromas and spells and fragrances. So I've created a small space for myself where I've got my cute little bookshelf, got a couple of books, there's a small couch, nothing big, just space for two, because I live by myself and I'm single. So in the event that I do find someone thinking ahead, right?
Because I just pick people off of Instagram, and then I tag them and then I'll send it to them. But, yeah, I'm going to I got to do better. What do they say? All the situations you knew better and couldn't do better, I know better. And self care, I didn't even know they even existed till listening to you all. So I'm going to look into that too. But thank you for this topic and thank you for letting me share
J.L. Beasley
@Her_Sisu · 4:59
Even when I buy lingerie bra and panty sets, I don't buy it with the thought of, OOH, he's going to like this. I buy it with the thought of, OOH, girl, you're going to look sexy in this. You're going to look nice in this. You've been working out and eating well, you're gonna and then guess what I do? I come home, I launder it, and then guess what?
Carly D
@Astroality · 2:09
And then that's the thing that you do for yourself to get started on this journey of self love and self care, right? That's how you show yourself. Love. I want to get flowers. It's okay for a man to want flowers. I think that's admirable. And maybe that's it. Maybe you buy yourself flowers from the market walking by one week and then do it the next week, too. Whatever it is, right?
Renee Slay
@Renee_Slay · 0:42
When you walk into a room and you see them, it's like, oh, how sweet. How sweet we can be to ourselves. I love it. I love it. I love it. I love that you almost meditate and just listen to music and unwind and detach. And unplug. It's a beautiful thing. And thank you for sharing that
Renee Slay
@Renee_Slay · 1:39
Hey, Mike. It's going to be noisy for a SEC. I wanted to say thank you for sharing because I love the different perspectives on stuff. And it's time. It's time for you to give to yourself, period. Like those flowers. Like I said, $5, $5. Because I don't have the money for it, but I made the money for it. You know what I mean? I made room in the finances for it because it's $5
Renee Slay
@Renee_Slay · 0:28
Yes, girl. Yes. Preach. I love it. I love it. I love your passion behind it, too. I love you. You have such great character. You are an awesome person, and you have figured some s*** out. I'm not saying you figured everything out because we all have room for growth, but you speak on such a beautiful message every time you speak, and I love it. I just love it
And a lot of things swati in my quality of life and taking care of myself is because I don't want the other person to see that. You know what I mean? And I wasn't raised like that, so I never slip, you know what I mean? So something hits the floor and I'm in a relationship, I'm picking it right up. I don't want her to think I'm trifling or a nasty person. It's always too impressed
Carly D
@Astroality · 4:16
I don't always have to carry all the weight and all the load by myself. But here's the problem. Most men have been taught that that's their responsibility. It's not your right to ask for help. It's not your right to speak your mind in a way about your emotions. Right? It's your duty to be the man, to take care of the responsibilities, to carry the weight
Oh, my goodness. Okay, first, the visual did have me, but I have to say I was more worried about, like, you know, bonking your head or the your hair catching on fire. But I lost it at the end when you were Mike. But I love adrenaline, and that's why you didn't have a mat to change things. Oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness. Do you know what, like, you see the doing the nails as work?
Moe Johnson
@NeophyteSavant · 1:17
But you know, prior to answering this well, I thought long and hard and I can't even remember the last time I did anything for myself. But I'm okay with that because I'm a very simple person. I'm a very basic person. I'm not into materialistic things that much. It doesn't really take much to make me happy. So other than that, I can say a lot more
Ann-Gela Kaye
@DearAuntyAng · 3:11
I know what size the clothes are in my closet, and I also know what size I want to be in my closet. So I'm definitely doing this for myself. Nobody seems to think I need to lose weight, including my ten year old son, who, if you ever met a truth teller, that's him. He will tell me when I come back from the hair salon, ma, I don't like your hair. He don't have no problem saying that
Renee Slay
@Renee_Slay · 1:43
Girl. Anytime. Anytime you need some adrenaline in your life, you are more than welcome at my trailer because I never got the d*** mat for the bath. And I invite anyone that I know to come experience that roller coaster. You have not lived and all I kept thinking that, especially the first time. Because now I'm aware that I can get too crazy with the bubbles and that I've got to be extra careful in that stupid bath
Renee Slay
@Renee_Slay · 1:21
I don't know why I'm not doing it for me. So it's not about the material things. It's about the act of love to yourself. And you deserve love. And you're right, the givers, we forget that we need it too. But it's a lot easier to put out love into the world when you're pulling some in, especially from yourself
Renee Slay
@Renee_Slay · 1:42
Just something pretty for you to look at, something beautiful. Or is there a room that the cat doesn't go into or some way to hide them from the cat, I don't know, something. But you said allergies that's, right? You're going to have to go with fake, fake, fake. But there's all sorts of other things that you can do. So just keep gifting yourself. Because we deserve it. Definitely deserve it
