4 tips on how to appreciate yourself

I think something we all struggle with from time to time or sometimes some of us struggle with this more than others is Learning how to appreciate yourself. It isn’t something you can just magically learn it’s something which takes a lot of time and dedication to yourself to work on. It’s something I’m trying to improve and while we are all in (lockdown) I thought it would be a good time to learn how to appreciate myself.

What will happen when you start to appreciate yourself ? When you actually start to appreciate yourself you will stop thinking about yourself in a negative way, the comparison from others will not be as important anymore you will start to actually known your worth.

Appreciate your worth

The first stage I’m learning how to appreciate yourself if you need to learn your worth. Start by having the mindset that is you are worthy of being on this earth, you were put onto this earth fir a reason oh are no less worthy than anyone one.

Bear with me for one second here. Take a deep breath in and out now put your hand on your heart feel that beating, that is your heart telling you that you are alive and you are worthy of being alive you wouldn’t of been given a heart if you wasn’t worthy of being on this earth !!

Get rid of self criticism

We are all guilty of self criticism from time to time if you didn’t criticise yourself then who are you. It’s the difference between criticising yourself every so often or criticising yourself everyday.

You need to try and get rid of that self-destructive mindset and start focusing more on the positive side of things. If you have been self criticising yourself fir a long time it can be very hard to stop because you are so use to criticising yourself that it has become ‘normal’.

It’s not just self criticism you need to get rid of you need to try and not focus on other people’s criticism of you either because remember there opinion doesn’t have to matter at all this might seem selfish but it isn’t because you are focusing on yourself instead.

Focus on what you have achieved

This is something I have always struggled with when you read the caption ‘ficus on what you have achieved’ that doesn’t seem that complicated but when you have put yourself down for so long and you’ve focused on everyone else’s achievements instead of your own it’s hard to just focus on yours for once.

Start by making a small list if things you have achieved in your life so far, list 5 things you have achieved so far. They don’t have to be big or small it doesn’t matter all what matters is your focusing on your achievements. Here are mine –

• Started my blog
• Started to have driving lessons
• Completed my GCSE’s and college qualification.
• Looked after and cared for my neighbour for 4 years.
• Joined styling social and appeared on camera on my Instagram.

See you have achieved things !!

Allow compliments

Another thing a lot of us are not very good at is receiving compliments, if we do receive one we try and brush part it and ignore it or try and deny it. What is the reason for this ? A lot of the time the reason for this is we don’t believe what other people are saying and we don’t actually see our own potential until it’s proven to you. The more you actually start believing others the more it will be become true and the more you will accept it but remember not everything that other people say we have to believe especially the negative.

I hope these 4 tips will start to help you appreciate yourself a little bit more. I think we all need to start being a little bit more accepting of ourselves and believe in ourselves a little bit more because this is when you will start to see your full potential and actually believe in yourself.

Lately I’ve been writing a lot of blog posts surrounding the topics of personal development which means working on yourself to improve you and be the person who you want to be. If you too would like to start improving yourself then here a few blog posts that might interest you.

4 tips on how to stop comparing yourself to others

6 ways on how to start appreciating yourself

6 reasons why self-care isn’t selfish

Let’s chat – Have you struggled with appreciating yourself ?

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