thanks for checking in

I love when people check in on me.

In this day and age, I think it’s extremely important and just a nice thing to do to check in on people. Everyone is busy, life gets hectic, but taking a moment to let someone know you’ve been thinking of them never goes unnoticed or unappreciated. 

There are days when it’s quiet, sometimes weeks and even months, no one checks in and then I think ‘well know one is checking in on me, so why should I put in the effort’, and I know how that can sound or come across, but it’s so real and such a real thought that I personally have had over the last couple of years.

When someone checks in I think it shows that they care. That’s not to say that if someone doesn’t check in they don’t care, but when someone is genuinely interested in how I’ve been going, it means a lot. I always try to make an effort to check in on my loved ones as much as I can, sometimes I feel I take too long to send a message and then I start to feel bad, but like everyone else I’m human, but I do hold myself accountable and I know I need to better because it honestly takes 2 seconds to ask how someone is going. 

Checking in on someone I think can help one’s self-esteem. They’ll feel good about themselves and know that they’re important, and that’s definitely been the case for me in my journey. I check in with myself everyday. I’m not going to wait for someone to ask me how I am going and I shouldn’t have to. Part of taking care of myself is checking in and making sure that I am okay, mentally, physically and all of the above.

I am a big fan of Jay Shetty, and I saw this video on Instagram where he said that “everything you want from other people, give it yourself first”, and I was like - yep! 

I care a lot about people and making sure that they are okay is super important to me. I never want to lose that quality of being there for people, and checking in to see how they are going. You never know what people are going through and what thoughts may be running through their mind. 

So, check in, and believe me when I say: it can make someone's day.