Friday, July 11, 2014

5 Refreshing Things That Every Woman Should Do For Herself

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           There is a recent movie about women who are so busy trying to be everything that they were expected to be for everyone else.  These women were trying to be perfect in every way and try to make everyone happy, yet they were losing their own happiness.  They finally figured out to just be natural.  It is fine to do something refreshing for yourself once in a while.  This sometimes gives a break from the realities of life.  These 5 things are ideas of things that a woman can do to refresh her mind and body.

1.      Every woman should take time away from the family and workplace to get some form of exercise.  I have found my love in Zumba. I don’t do well with exercise that gives me time to think of how miserable I am or all of the things that I need to do at home.  Zumba is a fun dance.  I am so busy trying to keep up and dancing to loud music, that I don’t think of anything else until it is over.  Every woman should find some kind of exercise that is just her own.  Some love to run, a walk in the park, swimming, going to the gym and lifting weights.  It is all about just being yourself and finding that form of exercise that makes you happy.  It is nice to exercise with family, but some things need to be done in solitude. 
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     2.      Every woman should either get a manicure, hairstyle, a pedicure, or other treatment.  I set aside a little bit of money every month just to get my eyebrows done professionally.  It is the best feeling to have people complimenting that they look better than before.  Keeping up some sort of beauty routine can help you to feel better about yourself and never can hurt a relationship.  I decided that I will do my nails at home and get my hair colored and cut professionally.  I go in every month or two to do these things.  I leave feeling like a beautiful person.  These ideas can help a woman love herself. 
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  3.      Buy some kind of cosmetic product every month.  A woman should budget herself to include some kind of beauty product, whether it be five dollars or fifty dollars.  Just buying that new eye shadow that you want can be fun. I sometimes even wait and just spend more all at once and get a few things or a more expensive item.  I watch makeup tutorials online and then decide what I want to try. Even a woman who does not like makeup can buy a nail polish or beautiful French soap that smells like lavender.  Just one little product a month can be satisfying.  It reminds me of buying that one toy that a child has wanted for a long time.  The child is so happy.  This is the way that I feel when I buy a new makeup product.  This can be a refreshing way to keep changing and improving oneself.  A woman needs something that is just her own thing.
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4.      Buy something that smells good.  I don’t buy a new perfume every month, but every 6 months, I go and pick out a new scent.  People comment on how good it smells.  Aromatherapy is one of the best treatments for stress. Something that smells good can make a person feel so wonderful.  Scents have always been an important part of my life because my grandmother brought so much joy to my life, and she always had candles, food cooking, perfumes, and other aromas.  I love to smell of things that bring back these wonderful memories.  Body spray, candles, soaps, and potpourri are things that can be a new scent in your life.  Some things are even inexpensive.  Having a new scent brings new meaning into life.
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5.      Find something for a hobby.  My new hobby that stems from my environmental science class is to make soap.  I love making soap with coconut oil and other ingredients and then putting it into a soap mold and giving as gifts.  I also learned how to make my own laundry detergent and furniture polish.  I am finding a love for natural and pure things and helping the environment at the same time.  I also love learning about benefits of oils and fruits.  Every woman should find something that she loves to do.  You can spend a little money, a good bit of money, or even hardly any money.  Writing is one thing that does not require much money.   My journaling blog has some great ideas for a writing project.  Each woman can choose something close to her heart and spend as little or as much money as she can budget.  Life is beautiful, and more so when a person is doing what he or she loves.  Sometimes women tend to feel selfish about having a hobby, but there are many men that go out and do what they love, so why not?
       These 5 things are some things that every woman should do to stay in touch with herself.  A happy woman makes for a happy mother, wife, daughter, CEO of a company, or whatever she is in life.  Exercise, a treatment of some kind, a cosmetic item, a new scent, and a hobby can re-energize a woman for that day-to-day hustle.

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