I Don't Have Time to Love Anyone But Myself...

Back in High School those words would have never danced on my tongue and slipped out of my mouth so easily. But every morning, I’m anxious to look at myself in the mirror and give myself a big shout out.

“WOW Liette, I’m happy to be dating you!”

Yup. You heard me all right. You may be wondering; how can you date yourself? It’s not easy. Sometimes I get annoyed with myself or I feel like I’m drowning in my insecurities. So what do I do? Well I can’t necessarily kick myself out of the house, I learn to accept it and move on.

I use to be in love with a boy who took advantage of that love. And then one day, I decided, enough was enough. What if I loved myself as much as I loved him? That’s when I did it. I looked myself in the mirror and said,

“Okay now, listen up. You’re going to date me and it’s going to be the best damn relationship you’ve ever had.”

Since that very moment, the rest is history.

I started doing things for me; I went to the gym, I got my hair done, etc. I started asking myself questions; what would I like to see in myself? Slowly but surely, I started to like the person I saw in the mirror. I tried to have some “me time” at least once a day. At first it was weird, I remember sitting on my bed painting my nails a soft blue color, wondering why I was doing this… Did I even like the color blue? What was my favorite color anyways? There was so much about myself that I didn’t even know. It blew my mind!

Honestly, it’s been a long road, a little bumpy at times but the best road I’ve ever taken. I suggest every single one of you to take a stroll on the road of self-love. I promise, you won’t want to change direction.

P.s, if you’re wondering, my favorite color is lavender. It took me awhile to figure it out, but I finally did and I wouldn’t want it any other way.