It was a beautiful morning when I opened the front door and ventured out to buy the paper earlier.\u00a0 So beautiful in fact, that I decided I should breathe in the fresh air and stretch my legs and so opted to walk to the newsagent’s.\u00a0 That might not seem much of a feat, but I am known as the Woman Who Drives Everywhere.\u00a0\u00a0It’s surprising how a little walk can cheer you up, not to mention make you feel self-satisfied!\u00a0 But it DID make me feel better; it lifted my mood and\u00a0the sunshine and the spring flowers poking through the gardens put a smile on my face.\u00a0 And so –\u00a0it was worth it.<\/p>\n
I\u00a0have been consciously working on worth it <\/em>as in\u00a0Because I’m Worth It\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>for a while now.\u00a0 It’s a concept that I’ve struggled with for most of my life, always feeling that I’ve had to justify whatever I’ve spent on myself or things I’ve done for myself to other people.\u00a0 Of course, I didn’t have to,\u00a0<\/em>I just, mistakenly, thought that\u00a0I did and\u00a0that was because I allowed other people’s opinions on what I was doing to matter.\u00a0 But now I know that life is meant to be full of treats and happiness and that taking the BIWI attitude is investing in yourself and as a consequence, improving your quality of life.\u00a0 Other people, however well-meaning, cannot tell you how you should live.<\/p>\n It took\u00a0a while though, for me to see that.\u00a0 But now I have, I consciously take little steps to improve the quality of my life or my own self-esteem.\u00a0 This has led to me using\u00a0my airmiles to upgrade to Upper Class several times.\u00a0 Worth it?\u00a0\u00a0 You bet!\u00a0<\/p>\n I think someone’s hands say so much about them as they’re always on show, so I now have regular manicures.\u00a0 I also have pedicures, because even if I’m wearing filled-in shoes, I know that my feet are pretty underneath.\u00a0 It’s on a par with always wearing my nice underwear.\u00a0 Worth it?\u00a0 Oh yes!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n I have wavy hair, which has always been the bane of my life.\u00a0 As I’m now wearing it straight, washing and blow-drying it has become a chore; my arms kill me after five minutes of holding the dryer up.\u00a0 So every now and again I go and have it washed and blow-dried in a local salon where in the space of about 35 minutes the stylist gets it looking better than I ever can; smooth, sleek, classy.\u00a0\u00a0One such day was last\u00a0Friday, which meant I could go and meet up with my lovely friend L from my days at HSFC, and then another lovely friend M, who I met when we were both in the Ladykillers last year, and then onto my session at AST looking, reasonably good.\u00a0 Worth it?\u00a0 Every penny!<\/p>\n For the last few years I’ve slept in silk bedding – silk NOT satin!\u00a0 It’s glorious!\u00a0 Keeps you warm when it’s cold and cool when it’s hot.\u00a0 It’s like going to sleep in a comfy cocoon and I love it.\u00a0 Worth it!\u00a0 Worth it!\u00a0 Worth it!<\/p>\n One little luxury I’ve always allowed myself is that of having a cleaner.\u00a0 I first had one when the Daughter was little.\u00a0 I worked long, long days, including Saturday mornings and the only real time we had together was Sunday, and this precious opportunity was being lost because I had to spend the whole day cleaning.\u00a0 It was absolute freedom!\u00a0 To have Sundays to spend quality time with my darling Daughter and to come home twice a week to a house that was sparkling, clean and fresh was a God-send.\u00a0 And I could, smugly, tell myself that I was helping out another woman at the same time by giving her the chance to earn some money.\u00a0 This is something I’ve continued to do all my life whenever I possibly could.\u00a0 Worth it?\u00a0 A thousand times YES!<\/p>\n Today, having had my little walk, read the paper and supplements from cover to cover, I’m now writing this with Elaine Paige on Sunday playing in the background, dinner cooking and plans to spend the rest of the day watching TV.\u00a0 A chilled-out, switched-off,\u00a0relaxing day (let me hear you say it loud and proud) BECAUSE I’M WORTH IT!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It was a beautiful morning when I opened the front door and ventured out to buy the paper earlier.\u00a0 So beautiful in fact, that I decided I should breathe in the fresh air and stretch my legs and so opted … Continue reading