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30 Days to Love Yourself Project

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(SEE THE BOTTOM OF THE POST FOR THE RECAP OF EACH DAY’S FOCUS)

Today I’m launching my 30 Days to Love Yourself Project. I’ve been thinking a lot about the importance of being confident in your own skin and the ripple effect feeling your best can have. With Valentines Day coming up in a month, I think its a great time to give yourself a little  extra love. When designing the items to include in this project, I wanted it to be really simple so that anyone can participate without feeling too overwhelmed. You can jump in any time during the 30 Days. There’s just one item to focus on per day – something you can accomplish in a day to reveal your best self, layer by layer.

Everyone is so busy with life’s obligations that often we end up neglecting ourselves. This is a little shout out to YOU. To remembering to squeeze in a little bit of time for yourself, WITHOUT GUILT.

Tomorrow we start implementing the 30 Days to Love Yourself Project so we will finish up the day before Valentines Day to have you feeling fantastic for whatever fun you have planned for the actual day. Each day I’ll post the “focus of the day” and a little snippet of something to encourage you. You can participate however you want –  leave a comment, send me an email (brooke@brookehargett.com) post pictures on a social networking site of how you interpret the day’s focus. Tag me! I’m so excited to see what you c0me up with – here are links to my Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest & Tumblr). Feel free to use the picture above to share what you’re doing with people around you.

If you would like my tips to come right into your Faceboook newsfeed, just Like my Facebook Page.

There’s nothing like the empowering feeling that confidence brings. It enhances everything you’re involved in and allows you to make new connections and put your best foot forward. Let’s do it together! Do it for yourself –  you deserve it! 30 Days to a happier, healthier YOU!

Below are the complied posts for my 30 Days to Love Yourself Project!

Day 1 Post: ME TIME

Day 2 Post: LET IT GO

Day 3 Post: CUT NEGATIVE EATING

Day 4 Post: GET OUTSIDE

Day 5 Post: WORKOUT

Day 6 Post: GRATITUDE

Day 7 Post: GET RID OF TOXIC RELATIONSHIPS

Day 8 Post: CUT SUGAR

Day 9: SORT & DONATE

Day 10: REDUCE STRESS

Day 11: ROCK YOUR OUTFIT

Day 12: MEDITATE

Day 13: INDULGE

Day 14: APPEARANCE T.L.C.

Day 15:GUILTY PLEASURE

Day 16: GRAND GESTURE

Day 17: FEEL SEXY

Day 18: FAVORITE FEATURE

Day 19: MAKE YOUR SOUL HAPPY

Day 20: RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS

Day 21: DRINK MORE WATER

Day 22: SAY SOMETHING

Day 23: SLEEP

Day 24: SOMETHING FUN YOU’VE PUT OFF

Day 25: DOWN-TIME

Day 26: CONNECT

Day 27: CALL FAMILY MEMBER

Day 28: FORGIVE

Day 29: SPLURGE

Celebrate Love

 

 

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Brooke

 

I Read 50 Books in 2013- See My Top Recommendations!

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I finished 50 books in 2013! Today I’d like to share my TOP RECOMMENDATIONS. I can’t believe I actually got through them all! This is WAY more than I have ever read before, but after hearing from everywhere that to be a better writer I needed to READ everything I could, I set a goal for 50 (My husband kept saying WHY NOT 52 to make it a book a week??? But I like the nice, round number 50… and the two weeks leeway. To accomplish my goal, I used every book medium-  good old fashioned Books, Nook books, Books loaded on my I-phone, and to be honest the one I used the most this year was Audiobooks. Any time I was cleaning my house, driving long distances or working out I had an audiobook going. Needless to say my house is clean and I’m in excellent shape. Haha

Here are the contenders of the books I read in 2013 (in random order):

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Screen Shot 2014-01-05 at 6.05.46 PM(*a few of the books I didn’t finish are listed among these but I couldn’t filter them out on Goodreads…)

I used Goodreads to track my progress, and I reviewed every book I read. You can go HERE to see my reviews. This was helpful to me to really pinpoint exactly what worked to me in the writing. It’s also fun to have a good resource with quick book descriptions to see if you want to pick up a particular book. Goodreads will let you track the books you’ve read during the year and update your progress on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or your Blog, which is a fun way to share the books you’re enjoying.

I had to break my recommendations down into categories or else it was WAAAAY too hard to pick because I read some amazing books this year! Plus it will be easier for you to choose from a category that you love!

Here are my TOP RECOMMENDATIONS

From Books I Read in 2013

Most Riveting Thriller

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Top Young Adult

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Most Heart-Wrenching

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Most Amazing Biography/Memoir

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Funniest:

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Best Romance:

(I have to break this one into two because they are so different… Best Young Love and Sexy Romance)

Best Young Love

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Sexy Romance

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Tearjerker:

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Book I thought about for days:

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Best Self Help:

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Most Beautiful Writing Style

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Most Anticipated:

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So there you have it! I hope one stood out to you. I can’t tell you how enriched I’ve felt while reading these. I’ve learned so much about people, emotions and the things people will do for those they love. Reading is a great way to experience things in a new way and stretch your boundaries. I used to only read thrillers because I liked that I couldn’t put them down. Over the last few years, I’ve found that my tastes have expanded and now I also enjoy books that are emotionally charged with multi-layered characters. I want to laugh, I want to cry, I want to get riled up. Just make me FEEL something.

I’m really excited for 2014. A new year and a new book challenge. How every many books you read last year- be it one, five, or twenty- see if you can outdo yourself in 2014. Reading will only  enhance your life.

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Now the the holidays are over, I’ll be back to my normal blogging (usually Tuesdays) once a week. If you’d like to receive my posts in your Facebook newsfeed, here’s the link to My Facebook Page and you can just hit the “like” button. Thanks!!

Bring it, 2014!!

Brooke

 

 

Social Media Explained Through Coffee

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Social Media explained through coffee

 

 

Just in case you’re new to the social media extravaganza, this picture gives you the bottom line, in a language almost everyone can understand…  Coffee!

I am amazing by how far reaching and effective social media can be, not to mention how much fun!  How great is it that part of my job is keeping up with the latest of everything, following people I think are funny or interesting and looking at websites and blogs?  Information has never been more readily available, and the restriction of physical location doesn’t have to apply anymore.

People are motivated by relationships, by sensing an honest interest in them and their ideas.  With so much at our fingertips, it has never been more important to be YOU.  People hate feeling like they are being sold.  At least, I do.  All my walls come up if I think anyone is trying to pitch me by “overcoming my objections.”   Please.  That just makes me want to ninja-mind-control them into buying something from me.  I’ll sell you your own Kirby vacuum or website seminar.  I am not overcomable.

But, if someone takes a genuine interest in me, in things I care about, I’m all about supporting and promoting whatever is their THING.  Even though I’m admittedly a newbie with some of the social media sites, I’m loving all the interaction, the motivation I sense from others, the vibes of getting things done, even when it’s hard.  We are a generation of innovators, connected to a pulse though social media that generates support, gives second chances, and allows everyone to be purely themselves.

So, my advice in every outlet of social media, is BE YOU.  Be authentic, be approachable, be respectful and that’s when the magic will happen.

What’s your favorite social media outlet?  Where are you making the most meaningful connections?  You can find me on Twitter @brooke_hargett, my facebook page or my pinterest page.  I would love to hear from you.

Brooke

 

 

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