How to Love Yourself
You just do it.
The end.
If only if were that easy. If only the world wasn’t constantly telling you that you had to look a certain way in order to be considered beautiful…but that’s not the case.
When I was a freshman in high school I had braces, glasses, and I wore a winter coat everyday, no matter the temperature, to hide my body. I had zero confidence. I didn’t want anyone to notice me so I was super reserved and didn’t have many friends. It was a tough time for me.
I see girls in high school now and I can’t even imagine what life would have been like if social media and YouTube was what it is now!
Not everyone “blooms” at the same time, and I say that loosely because now that I am an adult I realize that everyone is beautiful at whatever stage they’re in, BUT I believe that society needs to normalize different stages of beauty.
Not everyone has access/money/resources to get a new wardrobe, new makeup, a gym membership, or hell even a new body.
It is important that when you look at yourself in the mirror, you realize that:
You only get one life, one chance on this earth, so you need to do everything you can to fully enjoy it while you have the chance. There is no point in wasting your time and probably being sad or depressed about something as silly as your physical appearance and
You’re bomb sis!!
Seriously. You have to start looking at yourself and pointing out the things you like. You cannot and should not let other people’s’ opinions of you shape how YOU VIEW YOU.
I know it’s hard. Trust me, I know firsthand how hard it is. It’s a process. You don’t just start out disliking yourself and you can’t just immediately hop into the other side of the spectrum either. It takes work.
Another good way to start working on self confidence is to unfollow any and everyone who makes you feel inferior or who you find yourself comparing yourself to. There is a difference between being inspired by someone and being jealous of someone.
I’m still working on this myself. I watched a bunch of YouTube videos and learned to do my makeup and whatnot but I still have moments of self doubt.
Moments where I feel less than sexy, my stomach is more pudgy than I’d like, or my double chin is making an appearance in every picture I take. Guess what I do to cure that…I take the picture anyways and post that shit! Thighs touching and all. I try to make myself remember that I’m a mother, I’m human, I’m beautiful, and hell I like to eat! For every one hater, there’s even more people who are supportive of you.
If you take anything away from this tangent, remember this:
You are the only you on this planet. SHOW OFF SIS!!!!
