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Updated 1 year ago,January 16, 2024
Some tips for learning to love yourself.
I have recently discovered that I dont think I truly love myself.
Here are some lessons Ive been discovering as I explore what self-love is:
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Loving yourself should be no different than loving someone else.
When you love someone, you want to give them the world.
We have to nurture a loving loyalty to ourselves just as we would with another person.
Loving yourself is whatever you need it to be.
It does not necessarily mean screaming I love you at yourself in the mirror.
Loving yourself can mean sleeping early if you know you oughta wake up early the next morning.
It can mean pushing back personal deadlines or treating yourself to something youve wanted.
Loving yourself means validating your own feelings.
Emotions are complex, but you better give yourself the right to express all of them.
Bottling up your feelings or convincing yourself that your feelings are insignificant never works out.
Loving yourself means believing you deserve to be happy.
This can be one of the hardest and longest struggles of learning to love yourself.
Loving yourself means allowing yourself to be surrounded by the people and things you love.
Allow their support to guide you as you continue your journey of self-love.
Surrounding yourself with hobbies is also essential.
Pull out old favorite movies or books.
Keep dancing, singing, cooking, painting, or doing whatever lifts the weight on your heart.
Loving yourself means making yourself a priority and realizing you cannot control the actions of others.
We are all living for ourselves, yet our own wellbeing can be the easiest to neglect.
Learning to love yourself is a scary, difficult and ongoing process.
you could tell yourself a million times that you deserve happiness yet never believe it.
You may make unpleasant discoveries about yourself along the way, but never run from this exploration of self-love.
I hope that you will do thesame for yourself.
