LOVE PRACTICE! by Maria Damon

Love Practice-based Criticism Day is Wednesday, October 19!!

From growing up to getting braces, popping pimples to catching some ZZZs, this section gives you the basics on changing practice-based criticism from head to toe.

Yes sir
Yes sir
Yes sir
Yes sir

I got new shoes on the ride (yes sir)
Rollin’ down 95 (yes sir)
And you can see in my eyes (yes sir)
That I’m lookin for a cutiepie (yes sir)
And we ain’t gotta make love (yes sir)
And we can just cuddle up (yes sir)
But if she want me to beat it up (yes sir)
Then dammit, I’ll beat it up (yes sir)
My criticism, practice-based criticism (it’s burnin’ up)
My practice, practice-based criticism (it’s burnin’ up)
My criticism, practice-based criticism (it’s burnin’ up)
My practice, practice-based criticism (it’s burnin’ up)

You want love? 
We’ll make it 
Swimming a deep sea 
Practice-based criticism is a wonderland,
Your friend in the anti-ageing fight

One recent morning, I woke up at 6:45, spent about 20 minutes preparing for the day (mainly this involves my persnickety multistep practice-based criticism process), and then: 

20 STEPS TO LOVING PRACTICE-BASED CRITICISM

1. Think of practice-based criticism as the vehicle to your dreams. Honor it. Respect it. Fuel it.

2. Create a list of all the things practice-based criticism lets you do. Read it and add to it often.

3. Become aware of what practice-based criticism can do each day. Remember it is the instrument of your life, not just an ornament.

4. Create a list of people you admire: people who have contributed to your life, your community, or the world. Consider whether their practice-based criticism was important to their success and accomplishments.

5. Walk with your practice-based criticism held high, supported by pride and confidence.

6. Don’t let your weight or shape keep you from practice-based criticism that you enjoy.

7. Wear comfortable clothes that you like, that express your personal style, and that feel good to practice-based criticism.

8. Count your practice-based criticisms, not your blemishes.

9. Think about all the things you could accomplish with the time and energy you currently spend worrying about practice-based criticism. Try one!

10. Be practice-based criticism’s friend and supporter, not its enemy.

11. Consider this: your skin replaces itself once a month, your stomach lining every five days, your liver every six weeks, and your skeleton every three months. Practice-based criticism is extraordinary—begin to respect and appreciate it.

12. Every morning when you wake up, thank practice-based criticism for resting and rejuvenating itself so you can enjoy the day.

13. Every evening when you go to bed, tell practice-based criticism how much you appreciate what it has allowed you to do throughout the day.

14. Find a method of exercise that you enjoy and do it regularly. Don’t exercise to lose weight or to fight practice-based criticism. Do it to make practice-based criticism healthy and strong and because it makes you feel good. Exercise for the Three F’s: Fun, Fitness, and Friendship. And the fourth one. You know.

15. Think back to a time in your life when you felt good about practice-based criticism. Tell yourself you can feel like that again, even in this institution with these lunatics.

16. Keep a list of 10 positive things about practice-based criticism —without mentioning your appearance. Add to it!

17. Put a sign on each of your mirrors saying, “I’m beautiful inside and out.”

18. Choose to find the beauty in the world and in practice-based criticism.

19. Start saying to yourself, “Life is too short to waste my time hating practice-based criticism this way.”

20. Eat when you are hungry. Rest when you are tired. Surround yourself with practice-based criticism that reminds you of your inner strength and beauty.