An Exercise in Self Love: What Would You Wish for Yourself?

Here are the things that I wish for myself. What are yours?

To remind myself of the absurdly improbable nature of this magical existence
To take a moment to appreciate and celebrate
- Our beautiful planet, it’s vast landscapes and the plants and animals that inhabit it
- Human achievement and expression, history, art and music, science and technology
- The (absurdly unnecessary, but imperssive) complexity of modern tech
- The Internet and it’s memes
- My healthy body and mind
- The wonderful and inspiring people in my life
- The immense privilege I got, to have human rights and freedom, and live in this relatively very enlightened age
To let the people that have a positive impact on my life know they are appreciated and loved

To become more intentful about my:
- Inputs - Media, environment, people I decide to include in my life and thoughts
- Internal processes - Thinking patterns, emotional reactions
- Outputs - Energy management, words, actions, activities

To develop a better relationship with my inner child and recognize when it needs me to change things
To be patient and give myself time and space to grow and transform
To be unafraid of mistakes
To be unafraid of change
To be unafraid of challenging my fears and preconceptions
To let go of things and ideas that don’t serve me anymore
To let go of people that hurt me (or are ultimately harmful for me)
To embrace new things, experiences, ideas and people that make my life better

To stay connected with family and friends I care about
To be unafraid to show love, passion, excitement
To be more forgiving to myself and others
To have lasting, meaningful friendships, share experiences and grow together
To be comfortable enough to share happiness, sadness, random ideas and other human memes with my friends
To learn to trust and rely on friends
To have the courage to stand up to my ideals, and the wisdom to recognize when it’s not right anymore
To let animals into my life (Which ones? time will tell… I’ve always wanted a Golden Retriever or Labrador)

To take care of my body and nurture it (good food, water, sunlight, workout, healthy sleeping patterns)
To listen to my body and recognize when it needs me to change things
To maintain good health and do regular health checkups
To keep working out and become stronger and healthier
To explore more ways to connect with my body

To have better control of my digital content and identity (e.g. by self-hosting)
To keep my digital life organized and live it with intent
To give myself time and space to learn and play with varied and new technologies
To not succumb to the influences of social media and information overload
To reduce and eliminate platforms that employ dark patterns from my tech life (such as notifications and other dopamine-hit-invoking “features”, FOMO, doomscrolling)
To ensure that ultimately my machines serve me and I don’t serve them
To balance time spent with myself, computers, humans, animals and nature
To let tech become an aid, synergize and be in harmony with other aspects of my life

Astral