Learn Who You Are-Tips for Building Self-Worth-Enjoy You!

I promised to share some more tips and steps that can aide in building and maintaining stronger, healthier self-worth.  Here are a few:

• Use healthy motivation habits to motivate you to take action and raise your feelings of self-worth.
• Remind yourself of the benefits-write down benefits that you deeply feel you will get from this new path; when your list is completed, save it and put it where you can see it every day.
• Refocus on doing what you really like to do.  When you really like to do something, the motivation to do that thing is easier and more automatic, thus more success.
• If you lose your motivation, ask yourself if you are doing what you really want to do.  If not, and if possible, refocus and start working on that important thing.  

• Take a self-appreciation break
• Take a deep breath, slow down, and ask yourself what are 3 things you can appreciate about yourself. They don't have to be big things.  This builds feelings of self-worth and can turn a negative mood around to a lot of positive energy.
• Write down 3 or more things each evening that you appreciate about yourself.  This is a variation of the previous habit.  You can combine them for two powerful self-worth boosts or you can choose the one that works better for you.
• Do the right thing.  When you do what you think deep down is the right thing to do, you raise and strengthen your self-worth. It can be just a small thing, like getting up and doing a task immediately.  Sometimes it can be challenging, so it can be easier if you begin the day doing even small things that help you get off to a good start.
• Handle mistakes and failures in a positive way.  Sometimes things just don't go well or at least how we expected them.  Sometimes we make mistakes.  When that happens:
• Be your own best friend.  Instead of beating yourself up, ask yourself how would your friend support you.  Then support yourself in the same way. 
• Find the upside. Focus on optimism and opportunities of the situation.  What can you learn from it? Etc.
• Be kinder to other people.  When you are kinder to others, you will be more likely to be kinder to yourself.  
• Try something new.  When we challenge ourselves by trying something new, our opinion of ourselves goes up.  Go out of your comfort zone regularly!  It can help us feel more alive.

One of the most important factors is to realized that we are in the driver's seat.  We choose to build our own self-worth by the way we treat ourselves or allow ourselves and others to devalue ourselves.  We are only victims if we choose to be.  I have noticed over a lot of time that it takes vigilance and perseverance to maintain this, however it can become a way of thinking and being.  Enjoy the journey in learning who you really are!