Luv yo neighba as yo self

There were two things that Dr. Barry Morris said that stuck out to me:

The first was: "To love your neighbor as yourself, you have to love yourself first." Now, this might sound crazy, but for me,  sometimes I love my neighbor better than myself. At least in some aspects. Don't get me wrong, I believe putting others before yourself is very important. But what I mean, is sometimes it's easy for me to be very critical of myself. I can be very generous to others, but not to myself. When it comes to grades, appearance, social interactions, etc. I'm quick to be criticize myself. I feel like this is true for some people as well. That's something that I've been working on as of late: to be more forgiving of myself. Because really, why put unrealistic expectations on yourself?

The second thing that stuck out to me was how important it is to be smart with your money. I appreciated the website he gave us to make a budget. I think it would be shocking if I wrote down every thing I spent money on in a week. I'm pretty sure 60% would be food and 40% would be gas. He also said that if you don't start now, you never will. Which is true for so many situations. "Oh, I'll go to the gym starting tomorrow." or "Oh, I'll stop over consuming sweets starting on Sunday, since it's actually the start of the week." Biggest. Lies. Ever. (and I know I got off on a tangent there).