Breaking Up with Numbers

When we allow numbers to define our worth we are blind to the deep magic from which we are created – a powerful catalyst capable of changing the world.

Do you struggle with your weight and the number on the scale? How about dress or pants sizes? Are you only happy when you make a personal record (PR) lift in the gym? Maybe it’s grades for you and you only feel worthy or good when you get an A. Many of us struggle with placing the power of our worthiness in the “hands” of a number.

The problem with this is that these numbers are only truth in that one moment. Step off the scale and eat breakfast and the number will change. Shop at a different store and your sizing number will change. Try the same lift an hour or a day later and the number will change. Take a different class or the latest test and your grades will change.

How then do we make a shift and to what do we attach our worthiness? How about we focus on the magic of simply existing?! We are creatures of the Universe, connected one to another on a deep spiritual level. What would happen if we just stare into our own beautiful eyes in the mirror and realize how vast and amazing we are? Let's all wake up and choose to treat ourselves with compassion, love and respect and then walk out into the world extending that same compassion, love and respect to others and THEN realize how worthy we really are – based on our actions.

You are worthy of love by just living. YOU. ARE. WORTHY. But just for transition’s sake since we haven’t been taught to think this way and it’s new and different, try giving yourself little goals of letting go and self-improvement. That way you can compare your current self to your previous self and without numbers just bask in the achievement of improvement.

Step on the scale with no judgement – it’s just a number, neither good nor bad. It just is. Pay attention to how your clothes fit or how you feel in certain outfits and celebrate the feelings. Make your lifts or complete your workouts and no matter the number or time, celebrate that you are in the gym, putting in work, and getting better everyday. Recognize that a grade in school is an indicator of how well you understood and were able to demonstrate your grasp of a certain subject or concept. Then use that information to spend more or less time on that subject and let the other judgements go.

Praise your accomplishments as you practice these mindset shifts and recognize any time freed up or stress reduced by letting go of attachment to the numbers.

You are so much more than any ever-changing number, BB.

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