These past couple months, I have been doing a lot of self-reflection. Throughout this process, I have learned more things about myself than I thought I could ever know. Not only did I learn how to remove all the toxins and toxic people out of my life, but I learned how to love and take care of myself because I now know I am just as important as others, if not more important. In this life, you only have yourself, and in which case, you need to be sure you love yourself entirely and put yourself first.
It sometimes feels impossible to accept your flaws and insecurities. But at some point in your life, you need to accept yourself and become confident in who you are. Because you are important, and you're a beautiful human being and you're worth it. You should love yourself. And you should be confident with loving yourself, and be happy with who you are.
And obviously it's all easier said than done, but it's one of the many things that make
You've spent your entire life being you, and you've likely been through a lot. So why not embrace it all? Everyone has their own story, some harder than others; but that doesn't mean they aren't all hard in other ways. And honestly, it's time to put yourself first and give yourself a break. It's more important to accept yourself and the life you live than living to please others.
Which then can lead to the importance of who you choose to surround yourself with.
Personally, these last few months for me have been some of the most difficult months of my life. I spent countless nights staring at my ceiling and stressing about the person I want to be. Until I finally realized what was wrong. Honestly, I was surrounding myself with people who were draining me and making me question myself more and more every day. I was constantly getting aggravated and I really didn't like who I was becoming. I started feeling like I was on the outside of my body looking in and it wasn't a good feeling to live with. And it wasn't until a few weeks ago that I finally decided to re-take control of my life.
I realized it's more important to surround myself with people who support and care for me than to stay around people who just overall put me in a bad mood constantly. So I challenge you to do the same! Life is too short to surround yourself with people who you don't enjoy being around, so why hinder your own life? Get out there and surround yourself with people who help you grow and succeed and believe me when I tell you will instantly see a difference in your mood altogether.
It’s not cool to hate yourself. And for some unknown reason, there seems to be this unspoken idea that self-hatred and searching for pity is the thing to do. There is this strange fancy and emphasis on not being okay with yourself and they’re all wrong. Forget it all. It’s weird and you should love everything about you unconditionally.
People always say that it’s okay to not be okay. It’s also okay to know that you are okay. If you’re happy and healthy and you know it, own it. Be happy that you are happy, and know that it is perfectly acceptable to be happy for, and with, yourself. And it's completely okay to put yourself first if that is what you have to do to be happy and to love yourself. You're the only you there is and the only one there will ever be, make sure you love your story, and everything else will be okay.
