{"id":112487,"date":"2016-02-02T12:42:46","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T10:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/112487\/tuesday-life-hack-love-yourself-first\/"},"modified":"2016-03-10T09:12:39","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T07:12:39","slug":"tuesday-life-hack-love-yourself-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/02\/02\/tuesday-life-hack-love-yourself-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Life Hack: Love Yourself First"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before you worry about your relationship or being single, why not practice some self- love with these three easy steps.<\/p>\n<h2>Begin your day with affirmations<\/h2>\n<p>Before getting out of bed, simply say to yourself &#8220;I love myself and accept who I am&#8221;<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/jRQHl3fJqBs' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<h2>Hug yourself<\/h2>\n<p>Just wrap your arms around your upper body and squeeze tightly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/africanreporter.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2016\/02\/hug.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-60377\" src=\"https:\/\/africanreporter.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2016\/02\/hug.gif\" alt=\"hug\" width=\"422\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<h2>Practice gratitude<\/h2>\n<p>There&#8217;s way too many things you could do when it comes to this, the list below is just a start:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Write a thank you letter to yourself.<\/li>\n<li>Keep a gratitude journal.<\/li>\n<li>Freshen up your thank yous to others.<\/li>\n<li>Smile in the mirror.<\/li>\n<li>No complaining day (one day of the week where you will commit to not complaining or any negative comments.)<\/li>\n<li>Share gratitude by posting a tweet or Facebook post.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='96f0fba8f93a32cf2dda3cd6be91fdf5'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Your task is not to seek love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against.&#8221; Rumi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7663,"featured_media":115361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Caxton Central","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[2240,9652,6403],"class_list":["post-112487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-love","tag-self-love","tag-valentines"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["love","Self-Love","valentine's"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7663"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}