When do you know that you are ready for a relationship? Is it when you get into college and start thinking about the future? Or is it after college when you calm down and stop partying so much? Honestly, it does not really depend on either of those things. Relationships are more than you and your partner loving each another. In order to make a relationship with another person work, though, you must work on the relationship you have with yourself.
What many people do not understand is that it is so hard to love someone else or even let someone love you if you do not truly love yourself. This is such an important thing because without loving yourself you will always have doubts. You will doubt whether your significant other really loves you and if your relationship will even last. You will feel like you are not good enough for them or anyone else. This feeling is one of the worst feelings in the world and you should never have to doubt yourself or your relationship. In order for a relationship to work, you need to know that you are good enough and that you are worth loving. Loving yourself is the best thing you can do for yourself.
If you truly want to love yourself you need to look passed what is just skin deep. Of course you should be confident in your appearance and the way that you look, but sometimes you need to go a little further. You need to love every single part of yourself, not only your looks but your heart and soul as well. When you love someone, it is not just for their looks. So why love yourself any differently? Rather than giving someone else your all, give it to yourself. Because believe me, you deserve it. Be everything you want to be for you, not for anyone else.
I am a strong believer in working on yourself before trying to put all of your time and energy into someone else. Your happiness is far more important than anything. Being able to love yourself is the best possible way you can make yourself happy. Not only will it boost your confidence, but it will help you with other aspects of your life as well. With higher confidence, you can work towards other ways to be successful rather than just in love. Sometimes you have to put yourself first in order to maintain a happy life. But I mean who wouldn't want to wake up in the morning feeling confident? Regardless of how hard you chose to bum it today, you should still feel beautiful, inside and out. Once you are able to love yourself and feel comfortable and confident in your own body the rest will come naturally.
