A Reminder On Why I Am So Fabulous
- I’m intelligent
- I have the constant desire to improve
- I’m always happy to learn more and learn new things
- I push myself to extend past my boundaries
- I’m tenacious
- I feel deeply
- I care
- I’m always willing to help others if I can
- I always stand up for what I believe in
- I have enough confidence in my intelligence to develop and express my own opinions without fear
- I hope
- I think love is important
- I have courage
- I think of others and try to help them if I see they’re struggling
- I try to be the friend that I would want to have
- I’m good fun to go out with
- I still get excited by little things
- I’m never too old to be young
- I’m a quick learner
- I’m creative
- I’d do anything for my family
- I’m self-reliant
- I’m a good cook
- I keep a healthy life/work balance
- I’m adventurous
- I keep trying and I have the strength to keep coming back for more, no matter how long it takes me
- I never give up
- I’m compassionate
- I have empathy
- I’m a breath of fresh air
- I have a smile that lights up my face
- I have big, expressive eyes
- I’m humble enough to know I’m not perfect and will always take on board other’s advice and criticisms
- I, ultimately, believe in myself
- I’m articulate
- I bring joy to other people
- I can make people laugh – I have a great sense of humour!
And I’m going to keep reminding myself. It’s important.
Great post. You sound awesome.
I need to write something like this. Although I wonder if it will help when my self-esteem is low. I think I’d read it and not believe any of it.
There’s a big gap between my high-self-esteem self and my low-self-esteem self.
Thanks Dina. I’ve battled with low self-esteem for a long, long time (forever it seems but I’m sure I wasn’t born this way, so clearly I picked it up along the way). I used to look at a blank page and couldn’t think of a single thing I liked about myself. Yesterday, I felt really, really low but I don’t want to be miserable anymore so today, I made an especial effort to do this… and this list came really easily. Without thinking. I am so proud of myself that there are so many things I like about myself, even when I’m recovering from a really dark bout. Progress!!
Good work! Thanks for the comment on my last post, unfortunately my stat counter didn’t display your e-mail – so we couldn’t discuss the merits of John Travolta.
Every now and then I try and write one of these lists on a blank sheet of paper, it just serves as a reminder that I’m really good at making paper planes
I was watching the Jeremy Kyle show today while I was doing the ironing (I’ve got to watch SOMETHING!) and he had a girl on who was suffering from very low self-esteeme issues. Jeremy was asking her questions about how she came to be in that place, the same question you raised in your response to Dina; where does our self-esteem go? If we had it, where did it go? Why? What happened?
So I asked these questions of myself. I’m not sure I like the answers, or even know what I am supposed to do with them, but it’s interesting, no?
Curly: Well now I’ve got yours so I’ll drop you a line. Resist the urge to fold! And I mean that metaphorically, too.
Hen: It is definitely an interesting question. I think mine was due to a combination of 3 factors… actually, I might make this the next post.
I should make a similar post – but for all the reasons I’m evil.
Also: can you iron clothes? I can’t iron anything. It’s my curse.
lol, why would you do that? You’re too cute to be truly evil. And yes, I can iron clothes. I just choose not to.