Having a healthy sense of self-worth can make everything easier. It means you’re more sure of yourself and your skills, so you try new things. In turn, this will make you a lot more optimistic and happy.
Since it has been shown that positive thinking has a direct effect on your mental and physical health, it is clear that your self-esteem plays a big role in keeping you healthy and letting you live your life to the fullest.
Some people seem to be confident by nature, but a lot of other people have issues with their self-esteem. Here are some great tips to help you feel better about yourself and enjoy life more from now on.
Be Mindful
Being mindful means really getting to know ourselves and listening as much as we can to what we say to ourselves. It could be that we tell ourselves that we’re not good enough, that we’ll never be successful, or that nothing good will ever happen to us.
When this happens, the bad feelings we have can make us feel down and convince us not to try anything because we know we will fail no matter what.
By being aware of these self-doubting thoughts and knowing when and why they happen, we can replace them with more positive ones. This changes our whole way of thinking and outlook on life and boosts our self-esteem. This is not easy to do and will take a lot of practice, but once you can do it, it will change your life in a big way.
Don’t Compare
If you’ve ever looked at someone else’s life and thought that yours wasn’t as good, you’re lowering your own self-esteem without meaning to. When you feel like your life isn’t as important as someone else’s because they have more, do more, look better, have better clothes, or more money, your self-esteem goes down.
In turn, this makes you less likely to try to be successful or even try to change the bad things in your life, which makes you feel even worse about yourself.
Your life is different from everyone else’s, so there’s no point in comparing it to theirs. There are so many things that go into making a life, like the influence of friends and family, where you live, what you like and don’t like, and even things that are deep in your mind, that no one can compare their life to yours or vice versa.
Focus on making your own life the best it can be and don’t worry about what other people are doing. Your self-esteem will grow for sure.
Know What You Are Good At
Everyone is good at something, so you should figure out what you’re good at. There are so many choices that it can be hard to decide what to do, but it is possible. Start by thinking about what you like to do. What are you best at among those things? Is it singing and putting on a show? Is it painting? Writing? Sports? Helping other people?
No matter what it is, it is “your thing,” or what you are good at. Your self-esteem will go up if you work on this and turn it into, for example, a hobby you love or a job.
If you can’t think of anything you’re better at than anything else, it might just be that you haven’t found it yet. You can do this by looking at the evening classes, weekend classes, and free trial days in your area and choosing some to try. You’ll soon find something that you not only like but are also naturally good at.
Be Kind
Kindness is something that many people might not always think of as a sign of self-worth. But you will feel good about yourself when you are kind to other people and treat them well, the way you would like to be treated. Even though you will be doing good things because you want to help someone and not just to show off how nice you are, you will feel better about yourself as a result.
Kindness has many benefits, and it’s never a sign of “weakness” to be kind. Everyone needs help sometimes, and if you can be the one to help, it makes sense to do so.
In other words, if you can be proud of how you live your life and how you treat other people, your self-esteem will go up, and you will accomplish a lot.
Be Forgiving
After being kind, the next step is to be willing to let things go. By holding on to anger and bitterness over what someone else did to you, you are only hurting yourself and making your own life worse in many ways, including lowering your self-esteem.
You will be stuck in a never-ending cycle of bad feelings, and the only way to get out of it is to forgive. Like being kind, being able to forgive someone is not something to be ashamed of. It helps you move on with your life and feel better, which is very important.
Silence Your Inner Critic
We all have a critic inside us. That little voice tells us whether we can or can’t do something. If you let your inner critic tell you over and over that you’re not good enough or shouldn’t do something, it can be very bad for your life. It can hurt your sense of self-worth so much that you don’t want to try anything new.
If you stop listening to that voice, your self-esteem will grow again, and you’ll feel more confident. This is not easy to do, but you can do it by coming up with a phrase or word that you say (or think) when your inner critic starts “talking.” This will bring you back to the present and give you a chance to change the way you are thinking.
Make A List
There aren’t many times in life when making a list isn’t helpful, and when it comes to boosting your self-esteem, a list can be a huge help. Try writing down the three most important things you like about yourself.
It can be anything from the outside, like how you love your new tear drop boobs, or the inside, like how proud you are of your achievements. You will feel better about yourself in general if you know there are good things about you that you like. You might want to write more than three things since it’s hard to stop once you start.