Each morning, I step on the scale, hoping for a loss. Or at least not a gain. In a conversation with a friend, I spoke about how the scale makes me feel like a failure at times. As I said those words, I realized how foolish they were. A scale is just a scale. It cannot make judgments about who you are as a person- that is the story I tell myself.
I started thinking about my wins for the day, scale aside. What did I do well as a teacher, as a mom, as a wife, a daughter, a friend? What did I accomplish that day- completely aside from what I ate or what I weigh. It's a small shift in thinking but it's helped me change how I feel about the wins of the day. I work really hard and sometimes the wins aren't obvious or big or splashy, but they are still worth noting. No matter what I weigh on a given day, I'm a person working hard to do right in the world and I will celebrate every win (and loss) I can.
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3/4/2021 01:50:26 pm
Celebrate those wins, Kathy. Well said.
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3/4/2021 02:26:45 pm
All the feels for all the wins, Kathleen. This crazy year has forced me to shift my thinking about lots of things -- for the better, I believe. Let's hope some of these shifts stick around. Be good to yourself. Peace.
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3/4/2021 03:20:51 pm
This is so powerful -- using the scale to compare other aspects of you. It is so easy to over value or attend to the quantitative -in everything. You know as an educator how important the qualitative is as well. Be kind to yourself -this has been quite a year and you have given so much to so many people. Thank you for sharing your story - we all have our own personal scales ...
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Julieanne
3/4/2021 08:52:31 pm
You are wise to look at and revise your narrative. It is just a scale. We can be imprisoned by or set free. Maybe it could be your mantra... it's just a scale. It isn't me!
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