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Bye, Bye, Bye Ugly Little Feelings

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There are times like now, where you’re feeling down about yourself. Right now you’re feeling like you’re not good enough, pretty enough, smart enough, witty enough, friendly enough and everything in between. You’ve always been hard on yourself, that’s just who you are. You try not to let your insecurities show to the outside world because you don’t want to seem weak. You would rather make fun of yourself and act a fool than be serious about what’s actually bothering you. These feelings don’t stick around for long but they creep up at the most inconvenient times. These thoughts in your brain makes you actually believe that all of these feelings are true but they’re not. So this list is for now and all the times in the future that those untrue thoughts resurface and interfere with your personal growth; because sometimes you need to be reminded at all the great things you’ve achieved and all the things that you’re just plain awesome at.

  1. Your eyes. People your whole life has told you that you have pretty eyes and you know you do too; don’t deny it.
  2. Your laugh. You won best laugh in high school for crying out loud.
  3. You’re strong. You’ve been through some shit and you’re still alive and moving forward.
  4. You’re a good listener.
  5. You’re a good friend. Ask Amanda or Thalia.
  6. You have good taste in music. You don’t just listen to one genre, you listen to all kinds except for modern country; which no one should do.
  7. You have goals. In one more semester you’ll be a senior in college and then you’re off to graduate school! You’ve come so far!
  8. You’ve walked away from toxic situations. From an ex-boyfriend, a crappy friend/roommate and other crappy friends.
  9. You don’t feel the need to wear makeup to feel comfortable or pretty. But let when tell you, when you do wear makeup; hot damn do you look good too.
  10. Simply, you ARE enough.

Remember that list is for you, for when you’re feelings down and insecure. Read this list and hopefully you can say bye,bye, bye ugly little feelings; for now anyway.
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