Everyone always emphasizes the importance of loving yourself. People always say you must love who you are before you can love someone else. I did not understand this until I got to college. When I learned how to embrace myself, who I am and what my goals are, I became a completely different person.
Completely knowing and understanding yourself is key to becoming the person you want to be, and it allows you to put emphasis on what you want and how you want to live your life. After coming to this realization, I decided to compile a list of what loving yourself is actually like.
You enjoy your own company
Some people cannot stand to be alone, and I completely understand that. Before, I hated hanging out on my own. I always wanted to be in the company of others.
However, after moving away for college, I realized that I was going to be forced to spend a lot of my time alone. I had to learn how to deal with that. Soon enough, I realized that being alone was not that bad at all. I began to enjoy being my only company.
You become more tolerable
As I mentioned before, I learned to tolerate myself. This was really important to me because I realized what it was that could make me be seen as intolerable by others.
So, I fixed those flaws. By making myself more tolerable for me, I feel that I have made myself more tolerable for others as well.
You become more courageous
I realized that now that I know what I want and what I am looking forward to, I am full-speed ahead. I take much larger risks than I ever would have before. And this is all because I know I can. I trust in myself to succeed, and if I fail, I know that I will be able to bounce back.
This has helped me a lot because I have done some things that perhaps I would have been scared to do before, but now I am not. Plus, it has led me to some great opportunities.
You know your worth
You won’t settle for anything less. This goes hand-in-hand with being courageous. By knowing what you are worth, you are able to have the courage to turn down offers, simply because you know that there are better things out there for you.
When you know what you are capable of attaining, you will attain it. You can reach for the stars and actually get there.
You believe in yourself
This one is most important. You have to be your own number one fan. You are in charge of motivating yourself and pushing yourself to do well. When you believe in yourself and your capabilities, you can conquer the world. By embracing who you are, you are able to get there.
Love yourself, and the rest of the world will love you too.