Discovering a New Me

All of my life I’ve felt and been insecure or just unsure of who I am, so I always struggled with a lack of confidence. It took me til age 22 to finally free myself. I gained confidence, guidance, and security within myself. How did I begin this journey of learning to love myself you ask?

First, I was always picked on by the people around me because of being a bigger girl, so I always believed them and thought everything they say were true. There were even times I refused to look at myself in the mirror just because I let the negativity take over my mind.

Fortunately, a day came where enough was enough, and I haven’t looked down since. This may be weird to some but my dating life is how I began my journey of loving myself.

I was 21 when I was just dating and still wasn’t having any luck, so I was alone. During my loneliness, I learned to take time out for myself to just think and relax, and that’s when the thought came to me. I told myself, “Enough is enough.....you need to stop relying on others to hold you down and control who you are and what you think. You will begin thinking for yourself and taking care of you because that’s the first step of loving you.”

I would like to add that finding a few hobbies that are suitable for you could be a fun and active way to find yourself. The two that helped me were dancing and learning how to style my own hair via YouTube.

I say dance is the most recommended activity for gaining confidence because you are not only just burning calories, you are getting to know your body. If you really want to see instant progress, then dance in front of the mirror. Have fun!

Get this! You can get this done all for FREE! The only thing it could cost you is your time and energy, but it’s worth it....I promise.

However, there are dance classes you can attend that provides lessons for all styles of dance. If you aren’t to great at it show up anyway and just have fun. Many studios offer classes for beginners for all genres.

So to whomever or whoever will be coming across this...do NOT forget about yourself ever and Love you first and always.

No matter who, wherever, or even what you are....you deserve to be loved, but that still starts with you. You may want to matter to someone, but you got to matter to YOU.

You have every right to put on that outfit. You have every right to get on that dance floor. You have every right to want to show yourself off on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, or whatever your speed is.

I love me some me forever now and I would love to inspire many other to feel the same about themselves. Like I’ve said before I don’t know who may be reading this but I have love for you just for taking time and energy to read this. Yes even the ones that may have skipped around lol.

And as a Bonus for making it this far, I’m sharing with you a few tips on how to get yourself on this beautiful journey of “Loving YOU”.

Tips:

1) Always make sometime for some alone time.

2) Look yourself in the mirror each day and say something nice to yourself.

3) Take a day just to treat or pamper yourself.

4) Always surround yourself with those that actually support you.

5) Always remember and think of positive things that you’ve accomplished.

And

6) Just be YOU.

“Love YOU”!