How To Feel Better About Yourself

The way we feel is always a matter of our perspective.

Researched, written by Amber & The Team
Updated on December 16, 2022

Found in Mental Health • Self Love

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One of the best gifts that you can give yourself is to learn how to feel better about yourself. If you are in a rut of feeling miserable about anything in your life, it can be overwhelming. It takes time and effort to feel better and live life more effectively, but if you just keep going and do a little bit of mental work, it will happen.

How To Feel Better About Yourself

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1. Turn to self-awareness

As we become adults, we tend to become less self-aware. Our sense of self-worth tends to gradually diminish, and then only rebounds when we get old (1). So if you are feeling unhappy about anything in your life, it can be overwhelming – especially if you don’t make any effort to examine the situation. Thankfully, one of the easiest things to do is to just list the reasons why you feel this way. Doing this gives you an opportunity to improve your self-talk and improve your outlook on life.

List the reasons why you feel bad and then, try to eliminate them from your thought process, or change with something better. For instance, if you are unhappy because you think you haven’t achieved anything in the past, try to list all of the accomplishments that you have had, even the smallest ones (like cooking that perfect Christmas dinner two years ago!). Oftentimes, simply reading about a past accomplishment can put us in a better mood. Or perhaps, you might want to read about the impact that your actions have had on others (like how your aunt Sallie really loved that turkey, a lot).

Once you have listed all of your accomplishments, make sure to highlight your biggest ones. This is an effective way to convince yourself that you have done something spectacular. It is also a great way to motivate yourself. If you are really inspired by your own story, it will make it easier for you to stay motivated and stay consistent in the future.

2. When you go after a goal, give your 100%

If there was once a time that you wanted to accomplish something, but were too shy to go after it, do not let the doubt stop you. Instead, push forward regardless of the fact that you may be too afraid to do so. You will feel better about yourself because a strong decision to go forward (no matter what!) can have a very powerful, positive effect on your mindset. Additionally, if you keep finding reasons to be consistent with your goals, eventually, it will become easy to get out of your shell and go after anything you want in life.

3. Choose your company wisely

If you want to feel better about yourself, surround yourself with positive people. Those who treat you well, will never rub off on you – and this can have a positive impact on how you feel about yourself too. The more positive people you hang out with, the better off you will feel. This can help you to feel as though you have a support system that will help you overcome any fears and self-doubt that you may have.

4. Turn to things that are good

When learning to feel about yourself, make sure that you are not doing things that give you negative feelings – like focusing on your mistakes, or other people’s success. Instead of focusing on what you do not have, try to focus on what you do have. Think about all of the great times that you have had in your life and use those as ammunition when you need to feel better about yourself or your life in general. Do not underestimate the power of your emotions. They can do wonderful things for your outlook. Use them to your advantage.

5. Expect good things to happen – and notice them!

Another way to improve how you feel about yourself is to find a reason to be optimistic. It is imperative that you find a reason to keep going when you encounter obstacles that may stand in your way. Once you tap into this source of motivation, you will find that your outlook will lift and you will be able to keep going. There is a saying that goes something like, “it’s the thought that counts”, and that is true on many different levels. If you want to improve how you feel about yourself, think about why you are feeling the way that you do and begin to search for a solution.

You must also learn to appreciate the good things that happen in your life. Even when you think they’re tiny, remind yourself how beautiful they are. Learning to appreciate your blessings will help you to improve how you feel about yourself because you will notice yourself being a blessing for this world too.

This may feel hard at first, but please know that your daily routine can be improved by making sure that you are doing things in a positive manner. Remind yourself of what you already have in life and start to create new patterns to strengthen your self-esteem.

The Way We Feel Is Always a Matter Of Our Perspective

If you want to improve how you feel about yourself, you have to make sure that you are always examining your thoughts and your actions. If you only look at your negative side, it won’t take long before you start to feel discouraged or overwhelmed. Instead of looking at your negative thoughts as a setback, spend some time thinking about the positive things in life that you have. When you feel good about yourself, it will spread quickly throughout your body and you will start to feel better about yourself overall.

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