Boundaries

Ways to practice self love: (from https://wildsimplejoy.com/affirmations-self-worth/)

• Not “people pleasing”
• Trusting your gut instincts
• Setting aside time for rest and self-care
• Allowing your creativity to shine
• Using “No” as a complete sentence
• Celebrating your successes
• Rolling with your failures
• Speaking to yourself as if you were a friend
• Allowing yourself time to grieve
• Not beating yourself up for making mistakes
• Allowing yourself to feel pleasure
• Forgive ourselves if we treat ourselves poorly

Just saying I’m going to work on improving my sense of self worth isn’t enough. I need concrete steps. Setting boundaries is a great way to start.

I like this list (even though the wording of the last bullet doesn’t fit with the way all the other bullets are worded). I’m going to try to set some boundaries based on these.

I also did a little searching for Bible verses related to setting boundaries. The following verse isn’t as much about setting boundaries as it’s about staying with them.

“Don’t be misled – you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant… so let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.”

Galatians 6: 7 & 9