How to Invest in Yourself (to Level Up to Your Dream Life)
Are you ready to take 2023 to the next level and make it YOUR YEAR? Are you determined to elevate your everyday life, achieve all of your goals and live your dream life?
I know I am!
As we come out of the crazy pandemic and into the new decade, I’m happy and grateful for everything that has happened, but I’m equally as excited to start a new year and truly change my life.
This year will be my last year in my 20s (cry) and I’ll be getting married towards the end of the year and if that wasn’t motivation enough, I’m obsessed with making sure I enter my 30s living my dream life.
Since I truly started my levelling up journey; to elevate my everyday and become an elegant and feminine woman, over 2 years ago now, I’ve learned that investing in yourself is the biggest and best investment you can make and it is guaranteed to pay you massive dividends!
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What is “investing in yourself”?
Investing in yourself is putting the time and/ or financial investment into yourself to become the best version of you.
Similar to how a business might have a financial investment to develop software to sell to its clients which in turn makes the business more profitable and desirable, you apply the same principles to yourself.
Essentially, investing in yourself means to better yourself in whatever area you want to improve.
Investing in yourself generally falls into 2 categories (but they are not always independent of each other):
- Time investment
- Financial investment
Time investment
Investing time into yourself means to to do whatever is needed to become the best version of you, achieve your goals and live your dream life.
This could be having one evening a week where you have a relaxing bubble bath and journal your thoughts, feelings or anything holding you back whilst sipping some yummy tea. Or, you could practice being more elegant and feminine in the way you act and interact with others. By doing this you are recharging your mental and physical body ready to be able to take on the next challenge.
Financial investment
In contrast to time investment, this type of investment is linked to a definitive amount of money. For example, you might enroll into a college course to improve your career/ business skills, or perhaps you have braces fitted to straighten your teeth which will then improve your confidence. Either way, investing in yourself is to become the best version of you and guarantee your success.
Why is it important to invest in yourself and what are the benefits?
As I briefly mentioned above, investing in yourself has a direct effect on the quality of your life. If you invest in your knowledge and skills you’re likely to get the promotion which in turn means you’ll have more money to finally go on your dream vacation or live in the neighbourhood you’ve always wanted to.
Investing in your appearance and mental health through a stylist, therapist or a personal trainer allows you to work through any limiting beliefs you have about yourself and gives you the confidence to meet new people and find your true love.
The exact different ways you can invest in yourself are countless and there’s really no drawbacks to improving yourself.
When should you start investing in yourself?
Ok, so I don’t know if I haven’t made myself clear, but… there are literally no negatives to investing in yourself and in fact only good things can come from it, so why wait to become the best version of yourself and live your dream life?
START NOW!
How to start investing in yourself
Before I give you a list of ideas for how you can invest in yourself, I believe you need to start at the basics. To make 2023 your year and do everything you can to achieve all of your goals, you first need to know what your goals and priorities are.
Is 2023 your year to finally lose weight, get that promotion, start your side business? Each goal will require you to have a different focus of what you need to invest in to get you to where you want to be.
Make sure your goal is SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and timely) to have the most clarity around what you need to do and when to achieve this goal.
How to invest in yourself
As I mentioned above, there are countless ways you can invest in yourself and there is no right or wrong answer for every scenario. Based upon your goals for 2023, you may choose to make one or more investments into yourself, but as a starting point…
- Read more – this can be fiction or nonfiction depending on your goals and these days, there’s a book to teach you something about everything. If you are looking for some recommendations to help you on your levelling up journey in either finances, personal life, style and beauty, I think you’ll find this article very useful.
- Learn a new skill – For example, productivity, organisation or sales. The skill doesn’t have to be related to something within your career or business but something that would help bring you closer to your goals.
- Have a mentor
- Improve your knowledge – For instance, finances, investing, a topic in your career niche etc
- Have a high-value morning and evening routine
- Spend time looking after your beauty -either facial or go to the salon
- Invest in your wardrobe and have classic and quality pieces
- Take a course – this could be online or traditionally in a classroom environment
- Have a self-care routine
- Exercise or move your body regularly
- Make time for your hobbies and things you enjoy doing
- Gratitude journal for your mental health
- Learn a new language
- Learn a new healthy recipe
So now you know why, how and when to start investing in yourself to become the best version of yourself, achieve all of your goals and live your dream life in 2022!
How to invest in your leveling up journey
