7 Days of Simple Affirmations – Inspiring Prompts to Fuel Your Week

Affirmations are a way to retrain the mind, control thoughts, and cultivate good mental habits. A lot of the time, we tend to be harsh on ourselves and we allow our minds to think of worst-case scenarios. This guide for 7 days of affirmations can help you develop a more positive outlook on life and yourself.

Keep reading to find out what affirmations are, how to use them, and a week’s worth of phrases to get you started. Use this guide which consists of 7 days of affirmations to nurture good habits that can change the way your mind works. 

What are Affirmations and Do They Work

Affirmations are a phrase designed to be repeated to rewire the mind and retrain thoughts. Potential benefits of affirmations are reducing negative thoughts, improving mood, reducing self-sabotaging behavior, and helping you overcome.

Affirmations have been found to improve values and self-confidence. This study even used affirmations to make people more environmentally friendly.

7 Days of Affirmations Guide

Here is a guide for 7 days of affirmations to change the way you think. This guide is intended to slowly but surely cultivate positive thinking, confidence, and belief in yourself. Each day has a theme and a corresponding affirmation. Start on Sunday, or really any day you feel comfortable with, it’s a choose-your-own-adventure type guide. 

You can focus on one affirmation a day or start piling them up.

You can use the affirmations as journal prompts too if you want to further enhance the process! Don’t know how to journal? Here’s an easy guide!

Day 1: Attitude of Gratitude

The affirmation of the day: I am thankful for [write down 3 things here]. I appreciate that they are in my life, I truly love them, I am blessed to have them.

Think about what you are grateful for. Sometimes we start to take things and people in our lives for granted. They start to bring us less joy the less we appreciate them. To counter this, start to think of things you appreciate and why. 

If you think you have nothing, start appreciating the little things; access to clean water, a place to sleep, food to eat, your job, or even being able to access the internet, letting you find this guide.

Day 2: Believe in Yourself

The affirmation of the day: I believe in myself, I am confident I can achieve what I dream.

The theme of the day is self-belief. Half the battle is believing you can do it, so be sure to cultivate a can-do attitude for today! Learn to be your own ally and believe in yourself. You can do much more than you think you can do!

Day 3: Respect Yourself

The affirmation of the day: I am worthy of love, compassion, and kindness. I deserve to exist.

Sometimes we forget that we are whole, we are worthy, we are deserving of good. Self-love can be challenging, you can’t force yourself to love yourself, but you can take baby steps and acknowledge you deserve respect.

From a place of respect and kindness, it is easier to get to self-love, so think of self-respect as a baby step.

Day 4: Acknowledging Progress

The affirmation of the day: I am proud of what I have accomplished. Progress is not about perfection.

Life is a journey we should honor. Anything you do in life is about progress, not perfection. It is about the steps you take, what you learn, how you grow, etc. Take the day to pay tribute to how far you’ve come and enjoy the sights.

Day 5: Motivate Yourself

The affirmation of the day: I can do anything I set my mind to. I am able, I am willing, I am ready.

Be your biggest fan! Take the day to hype yourself up. This can be with a playlist you dance to, a new meal to eat, or an activity to do. Spend the day affirming your motives, challenging yourself, and pushing yourself.

Work out a little bit longer, run a little bit fast, jump a little higher.

Day 6: Treat Yourself

The affirmation of the day: I deserve to be happy, I deserve good things, I am worth it.

It’s time to treat yourself. Give yourself something you like! This can be a cup of coffee, a new book, or a sweet treat. You can even treat yourself to your favorite song, watch a movie, or spend time with someone. As long as today is about doing something for the sake of sparking joy, do it!

Day 7: Self-Love

The affirmation of the day: I love myself. I radiate love wherever I go. I give and receive love freely and fully.

You are deserving of love. Take the day to be kinder to yourself and others. Acknowledge yourself, and your good qualities, and give a bit of extra love towards them. Spend the day noticing what you love about yourself, what you love about life, and what you love about other people.

Quick Tips to Make Affirmations Effective

Affirmations are only as effective as you think they are. Here are some tips to make them actually work for you!

• Say them out loud, use your outside voice, heck, shout them out. Speak them with emotion.
• Read them first thing in the morning to set your day up for success!
• Read them before bed to set you right up for success. We tend to dream about what we were doing before bed and during sleep we store information.
• Write them down in a journal or on a Post-it note and place them in places you can see them.
• Think about the feelings associated with the words. You can say I am happy all you want but if you don’t think about what happiness feels like, you are just saying words.

The Takeaway

Use this guide for 7 days of affirmations that can change your mindset into a more positive one. The more we think about positive thoughts, the more our default mind becomes positive. A can-do attitude is cultivated with habits.

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