5 Best ways to feel comfortable and confident in your own skin

How many times do you devalue your worth in terms of your appearance and body structure? More than half of the world’s population happens to be self-conscious and judge themselves in a negative way. This feel will have insane problems in the future, be it in the areas of work, family life or social life. The idea of feeling comfortable in your own skin is a simple one - you need to learn to accept and appreciate who you are.

Set frontiers to body-shaming conversations

What you think and talk about your body has absolutely nothing to do with how your body really is. It has more to do with how you perceive and assess of what it “should” be. You keep setting higher standards because you don’t feel secure in your body. Start different, accept and acknowledge your body the way it is. Feel grateful for it serves you, it carries you and it’s one part of who you are. Ditch the body hating language and take care of your body. If you want to make it fitter, work for it but also understand that change is a process which takes time and energy. Learn to love your body along the way. Dress the way you like and in a manner that makes you feel strong and beautiful.

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Invest in your own happiness

Ask yourself the following questions: What makes your heart sing? What gives you joy? And finally, what will make you content? Do more things that you love and will give you happiness. It might be tiny but meaningful things, unexpected but purposeful things. But at the end of the day, that's what defines YOU. Don’t put things for later, for when “I’m thinner” or “I’m fitter”.

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Spend time with yourself

See and treat yourself as a good friend. Try staying in some days, listening to some soulful music or catching up on a good read. Learn to be with yourself without constantly worrying why you aren’t with friends or what others might think if they see you by yourself. Spending time by yourself once in a while, does not mean that you are alone or aloof. On the contrary, it means that you value the worth of your company.

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Stop worrying about what others will think of you

Instead of worrying about how others will judge you, focus on your personal development and self-improvement. No matter what you do, others will always have an opinion on it, but that’s just how they feel and how they are. Most importantly, remember that it’s not always an objective opinion that they have, but it’s subjective.

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Let go and forgive yourself

Emotional pain and baggage from the past is part of everybody’s life. If you continue to hold on to it and feed it by giving it attention, it is only going to grow bigger and stronger. It might be high time to acknowledge the matter once and for all, take whatever lesson you can from past and use them to “prove” to yourself that you survived them.

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