1) Accept yourself – The first step to self-love is always self-acceptance. Accepting yourself means to accept every aspect of your existence, whether it is good or bad. You might think that if you are trying to change yourself, accepting yourself just like you are right now is not going to work too well. To change yourself, you need to accept yourself as it is first. By being oblivious of the negative traits of yourself, you are not helping yourself change anyway.
2) Be kind to yourself – There are so many times when we are too quick to be judgmental on ourselves. Whether we make a big or small mistake, we are quick to blame ourselves for poor performance or poor judgement. Being harsh on ourselves doesn’t help our improvement; in fact it can have the exact opposite effect and make us perform worse, if we are already in a disappointed state of mind.
3) Forgive Yourself – Forgiving yourself is relevant with the “be kind to yourself” point above. With so many decisions to make each day, we are bound to make a decision that will not look like the best decision after taking a closer look. You might act in an unfair way to someone else, or to yourself. Let go of any regrets and learn to forgive yourself because you are the one that needs your forgiveness the most.
4) Be grateful for what you have – Being grateful for what you have in your life is a powerful tool that can not only help you love yourself, but also motivate you to work harder and can keep you content. No matter what situation you are in right now, there is always someone in a worse situation. Just being alive is a gift itself. Be grateful for what you have and learn to appreciate even the small things that you usually don’t even notice.
5) Overcome Negative Self-Talk – We spend a lot of time having with ourselves and by the conditioning of the society that we live in, all that self-talk is usually negative and happens at an unconscious level. By utilizing the power of, you can shift all the negative self-talk into positive. By doing so, you can improve all aspects of yourself and practice all of the points stated in this post to make a positive shift in your unconscious mind and life.
6) Don’t sacrifice your needs for others – Sometimes we just want to be helpful to other people, so much that we often forget our true needs. Don’t say yes to someone when you need and want to say no. We need to learn to respect ourselves more and care for our needs too. If our needs are not taken care of, it’s difficult to take care of other people’s needs and requests.
7) Don’t compare yourself to others – This is a common problem that almost all of us are guilty of. We see another person and we say “I wish I had his/her body” “I wish I had as much money as him/her” “I wish I was as smart/successful as him/her”. Comparing ourselves to others is serving us no purpose, as we are all different in our own ways. We all have our good and bad traits and comparing ourselves to others will always gives us a reason to be unhappy, because someone will always have an aspect of their lives that is better than ours, just like someone will always have an aspect of their lives that is worse from ours
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