The dictionary defines self-worth as "the sense of one's own value or worth as a person." Although this definition is broad, there are many ways for a person to value themselves and appraise their worth as a human being. The true value of self-worth should be less about measuring yourself based on one's external actions and rather about valuing yourself through internal worth. I feel as though self worth is not about what you do, but who you are. There is a huge issue in the way society makes people focus on a high self esteem, rather than your self worth. Instead of paying attention to someone's inner values, we are told to pay attention to how we fit into a certain mold. We are told to focus on constantly comparing ourselves to each other, and in turn thinking that we are all competing against each other. If you truly think about it, it's like we are always fighting a battle that has already been lost. Studies have shown that focusing on our external factors actually can directly lead to mental health problems. As a result to this happening, it leads to many complications like more stress, more anger, more relationship problems, including many more.

Building self worth is hard, but there is seriously only one thing we need to do: Stop comparing ourselves with others. Stop evaluating your every move, and in return this will challenge your internal voice, which is critical to changing how we act. If we challenge the inner critic in our bodies, we will begin to see ourselves not as competitors, but as who we really are: imperfect humans. Society makes us believe that we need to be perfect, but in reality we are no where near perfect. We need to be able to differentiate ourselves from the ways we were seen in our origins, to the way in which we can appreciate our own feelings, thoughts, desires, and values. Let's add meaning to our lives by getting involved in things that make you happy, things that make you want to get up in the morning, and things that will build our self worth. Let's challenge our inner voice and stop comparing ourselves to inaccurate representations of what humans need to be. Let's develop our voices to become your version of a worthwhile person.