Baby steps. You learn to walk as well as you will learn to love your true self. You'll fall down a few times. You'll have those moments where you'll just cry about it. But soon enough, it will become as easy as placing one foot in front of the other. With each step, you become a stronger individual. That is what it takes to learn the importance of your self-worth—learning and understanding that everything takes time.
Force patience upon yourself. Force? Yes, force.
One thing you have to understand about your journey towards self-acceptance is that it will be the biggest uphill battle that you will probably ever encounter. Things come easily with time. With time, your sense of realization will mature. Nothing perfect happens over night.
It's OK to put yourself first.
There were times when it was considered selfish to focus more on yourself than others. It's understandable to a point, but it's hard to help others with their problems when you're still struggling with your own. One day, just stop what you're doing and say to yourself, I'm not going to let anyone but myself determine my self-worth.
Stop letting things that happened in your past affect your present and future.
There's no dodging what mistakes you have made in your past. There's no avoiding the painstaking feeling of regret. We all experience it. But it is your past, and dwelling in it will only hinder your self-improvement journey. The best thing to do is focus on the good that can happen in your present and future.
"Not everyone will make it to your future. Some people are just passing through to teach you life lessons."
No doubt, you will go through your fair share of friends. You'll meet people who will make your time all worth while, and then you'll meet others who merely are there to enlighten you in what type of person you aim to be.
Stop thinking about the things you hate about yourself and start thinking about the things you love about yourself.
It takes time to see the good you can bring to the world, but time is all you need and all you have. At some point in your self-love journey, you will realize that it's pointless to focus on things you can't change about yourself. Put your time into characteristics you know you have the ability to change and make that progress so you can look back in however many months and say to yourself, "Look how far I've come. Who knew I could do all of that?"
Understanding your self-worth isn't as easy as reading a list of how to do so. As a girl who is still working on improving herself every day, it'll be worth your time to keep at it. Baby steps are what will end up making a big difference in the end. You will feel total satisfaction in the accomplishments you have made so far.
