Everyone needs me time. It is the time that you just are and that you allow yourself to just be. You may be a parent part of the time, a boss or employee part of the time, a friend all of the time, a son or daughter some of the time, but do you have time when you are just you? Whether that time is when you are by yourself or when you are with others is up to you and your personality type. Me time is a reward you give yourself just for being you. Me time is the time you take to reward yourself each day.

If you want to find the motivation to be a better you, you must spend part of your day involved in me time. Reward yourself with a massage, a bubble bath, an hour to read, an hour to write, ten minutes to meditate, thirty minutes to shoot hoops, a night out with the girls (or guys), an afternoon away from real life and all that you have to do. Me time is incredibly important to becoming a whole person and loving yourself. If you don't give yourself time to love yourself, you won't be motivated to be a better person.

Fall in Love with You

Do you love certain attributes or characteristics about yourself? Which of your features is imperfect? In blanket weaving it is often the imperfections in the pattern that are the most beautiful part of the blanket when it is finished. Find the imperfection and the perfections in you and love them.

Spend a few minutes every day to fall in love with a piece of you. Love the color of your eyes, the texture of your hair, the way your eyebrows tweak when you laugh, your laugh itself. Love the straightness of your toes or the crookedness of your teeth, your sense of humor or your sense of smell. When you fall in love with pieces of you that are perfect or imperfect it is much easier to love the whole picture. Fall in love with yourself.

Keep a Journal

You will love you when you remember who you are and what you've done with yourself. Keep a record of your successes big and small and what makes you who you are. A journal is a wonderful thing to help you look back at how far you've come rather than always looking to the future to see how far you have to go. When you can appreciate your successes you can love yourself and get motivated to be a better you.

Set aside a time each day to record your activities, thoughts, feelings, and successes in a journal. This journal is for you to reflect on so be honest in it. You can be as cocky as you want in your journal about how awesome you are. The more you love yourself on those pages the more it will be reflected in your life. Get motivated to be a better you by loving yourself.