Respect Yourself, pt.1

Self respect 

Having the courage to stand up to yourself. It can be the hardest form of self-love. Isn't it weird how the person you're supposed to take care of the most is yourself, yet you put yourself at the very end of the list? 

But it's you. You're the one who's gonna spend the rest of your life with. every laugh, every tear you share with yourself. At the end of the day, it's just you.

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Not to mention, the lack of self-care you put into yourself, the constant negative self-talk, hours of doomscrolling, surviving on box ramen, putting little to no effort into your social OR having a terrible dating one (we're gonna get into this later)

WHY? You are a precious flower that is meant to be cared for. You deserve to blossom in the sunshine and bloom into the best version of yourself. 

I'm gonna go through all these one by one so you and i can love ourselves a little bit more <3

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• Get off that damn phone.

So many hours on social media, video after video. This short-form content is literally frying our brains. Once you've started, it feels almost impossible to stop, and when you finally get off, it's like you've turned into a zombie, tired, numb.

YOU'RE A HUMAN, GO OUTSIDE. touch grass, soak in the sun, heck, PAINT YOURSELF GREEN. Use the little freewill they've given you. Most importantly, SOCIALISE. No one knows how to socialise at all. I'm guilty of this, too. Seriously, my brain got way too used to COVID. Before COVID i used to talk bro. Yeah, I was cringe(honestly, who isn't?), but still, I was out there with other people, getting to know them, and without realising it, getting to know myself 

You're missing the opportunity to grow 
And another concern. Comparison. It most definitely is the thief of joy. And most of the time, ITS NOT EVEN REAL. 

the perfect body? edited. perfect lifestyle and routine? bet they don't even follow it.
It's all just to keep you engaged with their videos while they leech the money off of your views and build insecurities in you, which, in turn, who benefits from? All these brands. They've created this cycle for what? You've guessed it, money.

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Anyway, what I'm trying to say is, take care of yourself, because soon enough, all the trends are gonna die. Beauty standards keep changing. Literally none of that stuff matters; just be yourself, be happy. Live. not through a screen. truly Live.

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                                   I Love You.