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  One of the most effective ways to making progress toward a life of health and fitness that I have found is through the use of rewards. As I completed each week and stuck to my actions, I would do something for myself that made me feel good – physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, even financially. These can also be actions that will improve other areas of your life – that will keep your motivation going to do more!

Well, here you will find a list of suggested rewards that you can use, or that will at least get you started with some ideas on what you’d like to do for yourself as you begin to make progress toward your goals. I suggest planning on rewarding yourself on a weekly basis. As you reach certain milestones, be it time or weight lost, I think it is a great opportunity to have what I call a “Premium” reward planned for doing.

Refer back here for ideas if you need to as you move forward on your “Self-Improvement through Self-Motivation” journey!

Suggested weekly rewards:

Grow your own flowers! Planting and caring for a living thing is a wonderful growth experience! Or how about a few indoor plants?

Start your own garden with herbs, fruits and or vegetables.

Visit the local zoo

Take a trip to the art museum

Take a walk in the park

Buy a new CD or DVD

Burn a scented candle for hours...your home will smell great!

Get your hair done

Lock the world out and take a long bubble bath

Go on a scenic bike ride

Take a walk in the countryside

Listen to relaxing music while reading a good book

Go to a movie

Rent an old favorite movie

Buy a new book and get lost in reading it!

Sign up for a course at a local college

Contribute time, treasure or talent to a local charity

Learn to use the computer, or become more proficient at it

Get a manicure

Get a pedicure

Paint a room in your home a vibrant new shade

Make curtains for a bright new look

Buy a new top

Buy a new pair of shoes

Go to the opera or symphony

Send yourself flowers...anonymously!

Adopt a pet

Study a 2nd language

Go to the library

Teach a child to read

Take up a new sport

Sew something

Take up woodworking

Learn a craft

Paint a picture

Go to the park with a sketchpad and sketch your world!

Volunteer for Big Brothers or Big Sisters

Volunteer for any good cause!

Bake cookies and deliver them to the local fire-house (be on the look out for hunks!)

Arrange a choral group to go sing at a local nursing home

Spend the day reading to the seniors at a nursing home

Do a random act of kindness

Soup kitchen duty

Go skydiving (yikes!)




A weekend at a bed and breakfast

A Spa Weekend

A full day of beauty and makeover

A new piece of jewelry

A new car

A 2nd Honeymoon

Build and equip a home gym

Put in a new pool

Begin your own business

Look for a new job

Pursue a new dream!

Splurge on a new coat

Take an exotic vacation

Visit an historic place

OR, how about a new “breakout” reward

Go skydiving (yikes again!)

Sing the national anthem at a sporting event

Try something you never thought you could do!

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