Self-love.
Does sound quite cliché, doesn’t it? Well, not to me anymore. You think I’m bluffing.

“But, as many psychology studies attest, self-love and self-compassion are key for mental health and well-being, keeping depression and anxiety at bay. Below, we take a look at some of the things that you can do to nurture this core feeling.”

In the reckless, robotic cycle of a life we often forget that in fact, we are not robots. As a college student, I do pretty much feel like one. The everyday cycle of getting out of bed, brushing our teeth, getting dressed for class, eating breakfast and going to sit for 6 long hours of lectures isn’t very appealing.

What the youth are lacking these days, is a creative thinking outlet. The never unchanging cycle of this somewhat robotic routine is not going to make a person be able to draw nearer to his goal of being a doctor or engineer or whatever. We must be empowered to learn stuff on our own. But before you can become anything else or reach anywhere particular in life, you need to first become engaged in the act of loving yourself.

Listen up, if you want someone else to express how much they love you, you should show them how much you love yourself, really.

The most of us who tend to spend nearly all our spare hours of the day working on some overdue project running on 2 hours of shut eye or maybe none at all, don’t seem to get the idea of self-love well until they finally realize that they are suffering a major burnout and only when they lose all motivation to go any further.

Well, are you a perfectionist?

If you are, then count that as the number one thing to get rid of. Perfectionism is an abstract and subjective topic to talk about. Something that’s perfect in my sight might not be perfect to you and vice-versa.After all, being obsessed with every detail leads to perfect work, and provides opportunities to brag during job interviews, or so people think.

"In reality, however, perfectionism is bad for you. Like cigarettes orobesity."

A shortened lifespan, eating disorders,depression, and suicidal thoughts are only a fewof the many adverse health effects that have been linked with perfectionism.

So, how do you get over it?

First, make yourself come to terms with the fact that it’s bad for you.
Second, stop beating yourself up for everything that may not go as planned.
Third, take up a more optimistic view and style of thinking. For example, in the second step, I said to stop beating yourself up for “everything that may not go as planned” not everything that may go “wrong”. It isn’t a big deal, I know, but for some reason it makes me feel at ease to phrase it that way.

And fourth, cultivate some very essential self-compassion. Be kind to yourself. Forgive yourself for the mistakes you might make and for the flaws that you believe you’re “doomed” with.

You are you for a reason. The world does not need a 100 more photocopy versions of me or anyone else. It needs individuality. It needs more “you” and “me”.

Oh and also, listen to yourself. Listen to your body. When you’re tired, you rest. When you’re questioning life, take your time. Ask yourself if you are happy doing something and if you’re not, then maybe you should consider what you really want to do instead.

Well yes, go ahead listen to some music, eat donuts (not if you're diabetic XD) and show yourself some love.

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