be more self-confident

I feel like I’ve made progress with this one, too.

The last guy that I dated made me feel truly beautiful, loved, and accepted (sometimes). Of course, it didn’t work out, but that feeling hasn’t gone away.

With him, he appreciated everything that I considered a “flaw” with my body. It made me think that even though I wasn’t and would never be traditionally beautiful, I was still pretty in my own way.

That outlook gives me hope for the future, because I hope that although not everyone will appreciate me the way he did, there’s got to be at least a few other people and other guys who will.

I don’t think that lacking self-confidence is a bad thing unless it gets out of hand, but personally, it has affected my relationships.

About to enter a new relationship now, I think that this goal is important in order to make this relationship work to the best of its ability.

It’ll take a long time to accomplish, but I’m already making small steps forward. Asking this particular guy to our winter formal was a step. A year ago I would have just sat around adnd waited for him to ask me, but this time I was proactive…(Y)