How I did it: After fighting with myself for being all the things I did not want to be, all my life, I began to realize that it wasn't getting me anywhere. I am sure some of you have felt at some stage like you have let yourself down, or somewhere along the way you missed being the person you wanted to be. But this, I believe is often the cloud that hangs above us, stopping us from being truly content, happy or at one with ourselves. Not often do we congratulate ourselves on the good things we have done, the great aspects of our personality, the better traits we possess. Instead we ridicule our own beings, for not being smart enough, thin enough, pretty enough, outgoing enough. We scold ourselves for all the things we haven't done, rather than treating it as an opportunity to get started.

I believe that once you sit down and write a list of all the things that you love about you, it helps you to look back and think, "I'm not that bad, in fact, I'm an ok person" Once you have reached being personally content, you can be materially content.

Lessons & tips: Write down the things that you love about yourself, no negatives aloud.
Move on from regrets and anything starting with "I didn't" or "I can't" or "I wish I". Instead, start by saying "I can" or "I will" or "I am capable"
Say thankyou!

Resources: Friends - they can tell you what they love about you.
Family - as above

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Jan 22, 2009, 03:03AM PST | 1 comment | 6 cheers