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Today I am going to be sharing with you guys how to practice self love, this is easier said than done, why do I say this you must be wondering, well must of us say that we want to practice self love but we just end up just scratching the surface and not going in-depth to find our true self.
The act of practicing self love is the process where you love yourself unconditionally without looking for faults in yourself, where you don’t strive to be perfect, where you have confidence in yourself enough to do anything you put your mind to. So without wasting any more time let’s begin
How To Practice Self Love
Tell Yourself Something Positive every day
Tip number one on how to practice self love is to tell yourself something positive every day, this is very important because you get to start your day on a positive note, what I do when I wake up every day is tell myself this, I believe, I can and I will so what this means is I believe in my dreams/goals, I can achieve my goals and I will achieve my them.
Surround Yourself With Those Who Love You
For your journey with self love, you need to always surround yourself with people that love you and will always support you no matter what you because this will help you grow and gain confidence in yourself.
Stop Comparing
Tip number three on how to practice self love is to stop comparing yourself to other, honestly, a lot of us are guilty with this, we keep comparing our self to other people, I mean we are all born differently, you can’t keep comparing yourself to someone who maybe worked hard to get where they are or maybe are talented in whatever field that they are in if you want to get where they are then you need to work hard and believe in yourself enough that you can achieve whatever it is that you put your mind to.
Stop All Communication With Toxic People
Toxic people can be very bad for someone who wants to start their journey towards self love, they will keep bringing you down even when they see you see you succeeding in something, that is how some people are. So you need 5o distance yourself from them so that you can have some peace of mind.
Find Your Passion
Another tip on how to practice self love is to find your passion, you need to dig deep and find that something that brings you nothing but happiness, that brings a smile to your face whether its drawing or doing crafts, it can be anything as long as you are happy about doing it.
Be Patient
When you start this journey of self love, you need to know that it will take a long time for you to get to where you want to be, the process will be slow but at the end of it you will be happy with it, you can also take a look at the questions for self-discovery, this questions will help in finding out who you are and what your values are (It helps me a lot and yes I still ask myself this questions)
Forgive Yourself
Another tip on how to practice self love is to forgive yourself, one thing you need to know is that you are always going to make mistakes and it is OK to forgive yourself when this happens no one is perfect everyone makes mistakes it is the decision to learn from it or not to learn from it that sometimes define us. Here are steps to forgiveness that you can take today.
Start Journaling or Recording your thoughts
Number eight tip on how to practice self love is to start journaling or record your thoughts, this is very important, you need to start writing down your thoughts and feelings, this will help you let out whatever it is that you are feeling at a certain moment. What I do is whenever I feel angry, I just pick up my phone if my notebook is not close to me and just record myself talking about my feelings and when I am done I sometimes save it or just delete it and I always feel better about it.
Express Yourself More
Another step on how to practice self love is to express yourself more, you need to let people know how you feel, speak mind in a conversation if you don’t like something that someone is doing to you, let them know, you keeping it to yourself won’t help them or you.
Find Your Happy Place
Second to the last tip o how to practice self love is to find your happy place, you need to find your happy place, somewhere that makes you happy whether its the beach or you reading a book or just taking a drive.
Have Fun
The last tip on how to practice self love is to have fun, this is the most important part, have fun with your journey of self-discovery, have fun with yourself ad you will be happier for it.
That is all the tips I have for you on how to practice self love, I hope these tips help you and remember this is a journey it will take some time for you to get to where you want to be and also you have to put in the hard work if you want to see results.
Good tips here, perfect for a twenty-something year old!
YES! To all of the above. We should all be making a point of doing these in our lives everyday!
Yes we should
Words! ❤️
I love this! I find it hardest to be patient, not compare myself and forgive myself. But it’s something I am definitely working on.
That is good to hear
I am definitely a journaler, but sometimes I feel like getting all my angry thoughts out makes it worse! Does that ever happen to you? Like once I get going, I’m on a roll and I get even more fired up! I guess it’s good to get it out onto paper though instead of keeping it in your head. That’s pretty essential!
Yes it does Happen to me
I love these tips! Some things I’ve been working on is speaking up to people and journaling my thoughts. Everyone needs to read this post.
I totally agree with you
This is definitely something I need to take account for more often. I’ve been trying to practice self-love properly for a while now and it’s been tough most days, but I’ve gotten better. Sometimes, on the days when it’s harder to love myself, I try to think about why I should, and your post has wonderful tips to help me feel better about myself when I need it. Thank you for sharing!
I am glad, i would help
Love all the tips. It is very important to journaling the thoughts. I have to work on this .
Love this! I think self love is so important and you gave some helpful tips!
Heyy Adenike,
I love the tips and advice you’ve shared. Self-love is a process for many women that usually takes time to build from the inside and out. I love how you gave practical steps and ways to begin a beautiful journey of loving the woman you are and becoming.
Great post, sis!
Widny
You are right and thank you for reading
Everyone should read this to learn to love each other a bit more each day!
these are practical tips.
stopping all communication with toxic people is key for having peace of mind for sure.
self love is critical to succeed in life.
thanks for sharing!
Thank you for this – I really needed to read it right now. I think we all could use the reminder from time to time. This is a post that I’m going to save so that I can come bac kto it any time that I need that extra little push.
It’s so important to practice self love but yet sometimes we all forget to do it. You’ve given simple things we can each do without a lot of time to take better care of ourselves.
Yes, we all forget to do it
These are really helpful pointers, thank you! The one I need to remind myself of is stopping communication with people who are harmful to my wellbeing. Sometimes that one’s hard to stick to, but it’s really important!
It is very hard
Comparison can be very stressful especially when not taken care of. Loving these tips and will use for future references.
Comparison is bad for ones mental health
Love all of these tips! “Tell Yourself Something Positive every day” – we have an affirmation that we say everyday 🙂 It’s a great way to start the day!
You have jotted some really great tips to stay positive and start appropriating self deeds. It’s really important to love self beforing adoring some one else!
I love these ideas. Journaling is definitely one of my favorite ways to practice self-love! Thanks for sharing, lovely! x
I love this article!! Self love is so important and not practiced enough. Forgiving yourself is huge!!
I absolutely love these tips and practices on self love. It’s so important and sometimes can be so hard! Beautiful
Love all the tips you shared. It’s so important to practice self love and as you have showed there are so many ways of doing it x
Yes there are different ways to practice self love
Such a great post! My favorite two tips was to stop comparing and forgive yourself. In the age of social media, FOMO has become such an issue when it comes to confidence and the perception of self. Also, forgiving yourself is one of the best ways to acknowledge that you are not perfect but still worthy of love. Thank you for sharing!
Yes, we all need to know that we are not perfect
Love all of these tips , especially forgiving yourself. Everyone should self-reflect and learn what needs to be changed. We only have one life , mistakes are what makes us human .