This week’s Get Fabulous challenge is to read your old diaries, because looking at the past will remind you of the bigger picture, excite you for the future and get you ready to rock the present. If you don’t have any diaries, check out Mortified Nation and cringe at other people’s follies from the past.
Why this rocks:
- Put drama into perspective
Read your old stories and remember how madly, deeply, and crazily you used to love someone and thought you couldn’t live without them, only to barely remember their face today. Read how you thought the cheerleading captain was the luckiest and most blessed girl in the world, only to find out she’s divorced and unemployed today. Whatever drama is dragging you down at the moment, look at the bigger picture and all the things you’ve successfully overcome that seemed unbearable at the time. You got this!
- Have a big laugh at yourself
Reminiscing about the good moments and laughing about the embarrassing ones is incredibly therapeutic. “Being able to laugh at oneself is not only a distinct trait, but is also linked with having an upbeat personality and good mood and may be the foundation for a good sense of humor.” Grandma always new laughter is the best medicine and this study sets out to prove that laughing at yourself is one very important part of that medicine. So go ahead and laugh it out!
- Get clear on where you want to go
The sky really is the limit. You made it through those 8 years of high school, what should stop you now? Get clear on what it is you will want to write about in your future diaries. What will make you proud? What will make you laugh? What will make you cringe? What are the stories you’ll want to tell your grandchildren? Take some time to sit down, reinvent yourself, reimagine your dreams and get going.
Bonus Challenge: Post your most ridiculous lovestruck diary entry on your social media and link your high school crush to it!
Just Remember…While dwelling on past decisions and reliving heartbreaks might suck you in for a split moment, the relief and self-awareness you’ll gain will certainly make the emotional rollercoaster worthwhile. Think about it, who can resist the enchanting glow of a woman completely Zen with her past and present? No one. Exactly. Go get your glow!
