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Shake Up Your Life

5 Steps to Change Your Own Perspective

By Paola LozadaPublished 6 years ago 3 min read
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Image by Hemla Makan in the article Is Your Self-Love Tank Running On Empty?

How hard is it to change your way of thinking? Do you constantly consider yourself as someone who is not worth it? This list will tell you the simple steps that worked for me, and it helped me love and appreciate myself every day.

1. Look yourself in the mirror every morning.

When you wake up, you always wake up as you are, and that is a good thing. It is the time to stop faking for everyone else and see the truth behind the smile you put on everyday. It is important to see yourself for who you truly are, that is why the mirror is there. Most of the time, the mirror focuses on your flaws, which brings me to my second point.

2. Love and embrace your flaws.

I know, it sounds cheesy, but hear me out. Those flaws that you so desperately want to hide from everyone are what makes you different from them. I know that learning to love your flaws is a difficult assignment, but it is the most rewarding one. When you embrace that what makes you so imperfect somehow makes you perfect, you rarely hear someone who saying that they are not perfect but are happy because of it.

3. Write down the positive things that happen to you throughout the day.

This one is my favorite! I love to sit on my desk in the night before going to bed and read every good thing that happened throughout the day. It makes me feel that every day is worth the breath I take, and that although at the moment I don't see it, there are more good times than bad ones.

4. Take a moment to appreciate where you are standing.

This is a big one. The reason why you are wherever you are is because of you. It doesn't matter whether you are where you want to be or not because you will get there eventually. Every hard working day has led you to your position, every step you took made you arrive, and there is more to come. It is important to appreciate the hard work that you have done, because you know that you want to get farther in life and it starts there.

5. Go out with family and friends.

You cannot expect to change your perspective on your own. You need to surround yourself with people who make you feel beautiful and worth it, and have fun at the same time. Go out to drink with your girls, have dinner with your annoying sibling, make lunch with your nagging mother, because those people are who have been there for you. When people are trying to find themselves they tend to lose friends, but those who stick by your side throughout that time are worth your time. Those people love you for who you are, and appreciate the dorky side of you, that is why you need to show them how grateful you are to having them.

6. Get a Passion Planner.

I know what you are thinking. Yes, I added a sixth step, only because it is one thing that helped me a lot. You can consider it a suggestion, you do not need to do it. A passion planner has helped me a lot to keep track of my time and of my goals, that is why I am suggesting it. It is an amazing tool to have if you are trying to find yourself!

These steps help me see things a bit different, they help me love myself every day, and I truly hope they help you too!

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About the Creator

Paola Lozada

Since I got started writing, I have found such a sense of fulfillment in my own life. I enjoy writing about my passions, what interests me, what interests other people, and sharing it with the world.

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