Hey! Do me a favor real quick. Go look in the nearest mirror. Or a large window that you can see yourself in, or the back of a spoon, or, if you're out of options, go find a puddle or something so you can see your reflection. (Hopefully it doesn't come to puddle gazing. But I don't know your life.) Do you have your reflective surface? OK, solid. What do you see when you look at yourself in it? I know the first thing I focus on when I look in a mirror is my mouth -- I hate my teeth.

Always have, always will. I think that it's a tendency of ours to zoom in and be hyper-aware of the aspects of ourselves that we believe to be flawed. The question is, why do we believe that they are in the first place? What makes us think that our nose doesn't look right, or that our eyes are too far apart, or that we have a weird hairline, or that our ears stick out? Think about the way you see yourself when you look in a full-length mirror, or a really big puddle where you can see your whole body (again, I don't know the reflective dilemmas some of you are in.)

Are there other things about your body that you don't like? Maybe you think your legs look weird, or you think your butt is an odd shape. Maybe you hate your stomach, or you're embarrassed by the stretch marks on your thighs. The question is, why? Why are we ashamed of things that, most of the time, we cannot control? There is an answer!!!

It's society. Society has put it into the heads of women across the nation and around the world that there exists a "perfect woman" who has flat abs and a big butt and shiny hair and sticks for legs. Why is that the vision of the perfect woman? Not to say that these women aren't beautiful, but that's not my point. My point is, there is not just one type of beauty in this world.

It can be so easy to get caught up in wanting what we don't have, wishing for a different body or face than the one we were given. But that is such a toxic way of thinking. The definition of beauty is different for every single person on this planet. Just because you don't look like the women on television or in the magazines, why does that mean you aren't beautiful?

Everyone has days where they just want to lay in bed and feel bad and weird about themselves and watch Netflix and eat a bunch of cookies. You have every right to have those days. Sometimes those days are much needed. But, you also need to have days where you feel good about yourself. You need to look at yourself, in the skin you're in, and realize how truly unique, wonderful, and beautiful you are.

You need to try not to worry about how other people perceive beauty, and start believing that you are beautiful for yourself, inside and out. You need to surround yourself with people who make you feel confident and beautiful, and you need to be true to who you are instead of trying to be someone else. To me, beauty is accepting who you are and how you look, despite what you find to be "flawed." It is about loving yourself for all that you are and spreading that love throughout your life. It is about confidence.

Everyone has insecurities. Everyone has something that they wish they could change. Everyone feels like they have something that sets them apart. Just know that you're beautiful. You are awesome. Here's thirty wonderful women with wise words on finding yourself, being yourself, loving yourself, and not giving a damn about what anyone else thinks:

1. "I have insecurities of course, but I don't hang out with anyone who points them out to me."

-- Adele

2. "You have to know that as long as you love who you are-your morals, your values, that type of stuff-you're okay."

-- Nicki Minaj

3. "When you love and accept yourself, when you know who really cares about you, and when you learn from your mistakes, then you stop caring about what people who don't know you think."

-- Beyonce

4. "I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had."

-- J.K. Rowling

5. "Don't waste your energy trying to change opinions. Do your thing, and don't care if they like it."

-- Tina Fey

6. "The earlier you learn that you should focus on what you have, and not obsess about what you don't have, the happier you will be."

-- Amy Poehler

7. "Find out who you are and be that person. That's what your soul was put on this Earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth. Everything else will come."

-- Ellen Degeneres

8. "I don't have perfect teeth. I'm not stick thin. I want to be the person who feels great in her body and can say that she loves it and doesn't want to change anything."

-- Emma Watson

9. "You must bet on you."

-- Uzo Aduba

10. "I can...and I did."

-- Gina Rodriguez

11. "Don't become something just because someone else wants you to, or because it's easy; you won't be happy. You have to do what you really, really, really want to do, even if it scares the shit out of you."

-- Kristen Wiig

12. "If you got it, flaunt it. If you don't got it, flaunt it."

-- Mindy Kaling

13. "Proving people wrong is probably my favorite thing to do."

-- Zooey Deschanel

14. "Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies. If you have a good sense of humor, and a good approach to life, that's beautiful."

-- Rashida Jones

15. "I think I have a right to live my life the way I like."

-- Malala Yousafzai

16. "What sets you apart can sometimes feel like a burden. It's not. A lot of the time, it's what makes you great."

-- Emma Stone

17. "Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes."

-- Maggie Smith

18. "I have no agenda except to be funny."

-- Julia Louis-Dreyfus

19. "Choose people who lift you up."

-- Michelle Obama

20. "[In regard to haters] Every now and then it helps to be a little deaf."

-- Ruth Bader Ginsberg

21. You can't change your situation. The only thing that you can change is how you choose to deal with it."

-- Anna Kendrick

22. "I have standards that I don't plan on lowering for anybody, including myself."

-- Zendaya

23. "The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be."

-- Oprah Winfrey

24. "You define beauty for yourself, society doesn't define your beauty."

-- Lady Gaga

25. "I have had fun being who I became, so to speak."

-- Madeleine Albright

26. "Klutziness is endearing. I like imperfection."

-- Elizabeth Banks

27. "I'm a big believer in accepting yourself and not really worrying about it."

-- Jennifer Lawrence

28. "You can't ever put your self-definition into the hands of someone else."

-- Helena Bonham Carter

29. "You can't be hesitant about who you are."

-- Viola Davis

30. "Behaving like a princess is work. It's not just about looking beautiful or wearing a crown. It's more about how you are inside."

-- Julie Andrews