International Being You Day invites you to celebrate being you. During this day, you are invited to explore what it means to truly be you, beyond the projections of society and the need for perfection. It is your day to discover the beauty of you and your unique capabilities. The invitation also creates the possibility to celebrate everyone’s differences. See additional information on this at https://nationaldaycalendar.com/international-being-you-day-may-22/
In 2011, Dr. Dain Heer wrote a book called Being You, Changing the World. (A truly innovative toolbox for the seekers of the world.) Over the years, it became a bestseller; it was translated to over 17 languages and turned into a series of seminars and workshops with over 100 trained facilitators.
This is becoming a movement, created by people’s demand to be themselves, their greatness, and their difference, The Registrar at National Day Calendar proclaimed the first International Being You Day to be observed on May 22, 2021, and annually thereafter.
The focus on this day is:
- Empowering you to know that your dreams of what is possible are way more valuable than fitting in.
- Inviting people to embrace their unique capacities and get away from comparison and judgment as the deciding factors for happiness.
- Inspiring people to use lightness, joy, and laughter as their guide to who they can choose to be, instead of all they should and should not’s of our age, race, cultures, and families.
Some ways to observe this day include:
1. Do something today that you have always wanted to do but never dared to do! (What if your one day becomes today?)
2. Tune in to Beingyouday.com to watch live interviews and videos about how to step into being even more of … you.
3. Give yourself a judgment break! What if May 22 could be a day when you did not judge yourself for ANYTHING?
4. Make a video or write a post about something you uniquely are or can uniquely do. What would people be surprised to know about you? #beingyouday.
5. Write down 3 things that are DIFFERENT about you, that you are grateful for, and post that on social! Tag #beingyouday.
6. Create your own “How to Be More of Me – Your Go-To List”– start a list of what gives you a sense of ease and joy and makes you relax into yourself.
This day aligns so well with Mental Health (Fitness) Awareness Month and spoke to me. On this day, I have chosen to do the following things to be uniquely me:
- Read a book for pleasure=complete!
- Break down and store a dog crate that wasn’t being used and was just taking up space=complete!
- Change our my furnace filter (this is no joke, in my home it’s very difficult to access and I have to psych myself up to do it and hope to avoid injury. Thankfully, I was successful!)=complete!
- Take a walk in the fresh air with my pup=complete!
- Work on some future post ideas=complete!
- Do some journaling about things for which I’m grateful=complete!
What will you do to celebrate International Being You Day?
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