To help you gain more perspective and have a foundation on which to begin your journey of self-love, here are simple things to remember:
1. Smile more. The more you smile, the happier you will feel. It makes others happier, too — trust me.
2. Stop comparing yourself to others. People achieve success and fail at different rates.
3. You're not as fat as you think. Besides, your body fat percentage has no bearing on what makes you a quality human being.
4. Exercise because it is good for your soul and not solely for your outward experience. Appreciate your body and all the things it can do. Stop picking it apart — you will never achieve perfection.
5. Find something at which you excel. Maybe you are really amazing at working with kids, and you just don't know it yet.
6. Spend more time with your girlfriends or guy friends. Relationships may come and go, but friends are forever — cherish that.
7. Spend time alone. It's okay if you want to stay home on a Friday night, catch up on your DVR and eat frozen yogurt because you've had an exhausting workweek.
8. Read that book you've been meaning to read. In fact, read as many books as possible. Reading expands the imagination and sharpens the mind.
9. Take a lot of pictures. Take way too many, and don't forget to print them. Don't let them just sit in your phone memory.
10. Let go of the past. Forgive the people who hurt you so that YOU can move on. Carrying around anger only poisons you.
11. Call your friends and family more often; don't just follow them on social media. Remember when we used to have to call or meet up with people to hear their voices? That experience is so much richer.
12. Take vitamins because you want to be the healthiest version of yourself. Unless you want to be cranky and lethargic all day, make sure you get enough iron.
13. Care about your appearance -not in a vain, superficial way. Care about how you look, so you can feel great when you leave the house. But, if you feel like wearing sweatpants and your hair in a bun to the grocery store once in a while, go do it.
14. Be active. Exercising regularly releases endorphins and contributes to your level of happiness and will help you feel better about yourself.
15. Do karaoke. Do it sober. Do it drunk. Sing. I read somewhere that the more you sing, the happier and healthier it will make you.
16. Laugh at yourself. If you trip over your feet or realize your shirt is on inside out, don't worry about it and make it a joke.
17. Be less judgmental. “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”
18. You will never be able to please everyone. Not everyone will like you. You won't like everyone you meet. That's perfectly fine also.
19. Do favors and don't expect anything in return from the kindness of your heart.
Always remember this quote by Buddha:
“Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate that which they already have.” — Buddha
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