It is not easy to live with a low self esteem and a low sense of self worth. It can be classified as a form of torture for some people. We tend to isolate ourselves and keep ourselves hidden from the world because we are so fearful of critical comments we don’t want to risk the blow. We make our own demons just as we can make our own potential.
Often when we don’t feel great about ourselves we take offense to all the little things. If someone makes a negative remark about dog clothing and we just bought our dog a sweater, we allow the comment to rattle us. It doesn’t have to be this way if you figure out that you can seriously make the most out of whom you are.
Start by restructuring your rate of success. Tidy up the home office storage and create a room where success can happen. Feel good in it. Set yourself a goal. It can be a work goal or a personal goal, but set the goal that you know you can achieve. When you do, celebrate it and enjoy the fact that you did it. Then set another goal that is slightly harder to achieve, but can be done. The process repeats itself as you show yourself your own evidence of your competence.
Don’t be afraid to take a few new risks. Answer the ad for the electric guitar for sale if you want to and forget chastising yourself if you never learn to play it. The worst that can happen is it sits in a corner. The best that can happen is that you will become inspired. It’s not about making sure you never make the wrong choice, but being Okay with the idea that the wrong choice doesn’t have to haunt you.
You can then take this to a higher level when it comes to social interaction and work. Everybody says the wrong thing from time to time. Everybody wears the wrong clothes or feels uncomfortable in their own skin. It happens.
Reacting well to yourself is actually much more important. You have to learn how to forgive yourself for the occasional error or a slip of the tongue. Most mistakes you can fix. Those you can’t you can learn from.
When we hide ourselves we never give ourselves the real chance to grow. Instead, we look at what we have around us and we make the same determination as we would have last week, or the week before that. Stagnant living can lead to low self worth. Get out and see someone every now and then. At least start by going for a daily walk.
